Have you ever been concerned that your 'faceprint' will be (mis)used without your consent?
You should! Clearview AI rejects to delete any 'faceprints' (biometric face recognition profiles) collected from public posts of Australian citizens (on facebook, Instagram, ...). They simply argue: It has not been published in Australia, so any Australian jurisdiction is not valid, full details here.
Here goes your biometric face profile and will be used by Clearview AI (a private U.S. company) for their commercial interests. Feel free to let your phantasy go wild.
Maybe it wasn't a good idea to publish any of your family pictures to public feeds, they will and already have been used as free training data for machine learning to get the so called AI (artificial intelligence) working.
As a bonus: You can now be detected with great confidence on any image. May this image be taken with or without your consent, from strangers with their mobile phones, in a zoom video call, from a hidden camera in a live advertisement panel. You can't hide any more! They know for certain it's you and provide you all the tailored services you (do not) need.
Face recognition technology is dangerous and will be (mis)used. In some places on the planet it's already banned. Even facebook, sorry Meta, just gave it up (for now) to get some good news after all the bad news in recent weeks.
Update 10/11/2021: Adelaide council to ban SA Police using facial recognition tech on new CCTV network.
Update 30/11/2021: UK privacy watchdog wants to fine Clearview AI $31m.