An editorial in The Daily Bruin student newspaper described the plan as "a major breach of students’ privacy" that makes "students feel unsafe on a campus they are supposed to call home."Ĭlearview attracted attention after The New York Times reported in January that the startup had built a database of more than 3 billion images gathered from social media sites such as Facebook, YouTube, as well as payment site Venmo and other online destinations. Student uproar over the potential implementation of the face-scanning technology at the University of California Los Angeles led the school to drop the plan. The issue of facial recognition technology and privacy has been controversial lately. We patched the flaw, and continue to work to strengthen our security." Facial recognition spurs privacy concerns Unfortunately, data breaches are part of life in the 21st century. However, Clearview's attorney, Tor Ekeland, said in a statement sent to USA TODAY, "Security is Clearview's top priority. Video game legacy: Kazuhisa Hashimoto, creator of the 'Konami Code' for video games, has died
The news site reported that it had obtained a notice sent to Clearview's customers that an intruder had “gained unauthorized access” to its customer list, the number of searches customers have conducted and other data.Ĭlearview said in the notice that the company’s servers were not breached and that there was “no compromise of Clearview’s systems or network.”Įmail still beats texting: Especially for hackers phishing for your data The firm, based in New York, apparently saw its list of customers, which includes numerous law enforcement agencies, stolen, according to The Daily Beast, which first reported the incident.
CLEARVIEW FACIAL RECOGNITION SOFTWARE
Watch Video: You might be in a police lineup right now and not even know itįacial recognition software firm Clearview AI, which has been criticized for scraping together a database of as many as 3 billion online images, has been hit with a data breach.
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