Before Clearview Became a Police Tool, It Was a Secret Plaything of the Rich
Clearview now says the app is "available only for law enforcement agencies and select security professionals to use as an investigative tool."<p>I'm fairly convinced by David Brin's argument that this is exactly the wrong approach. In <i>The Transparent Society</i> he argues that privacy is no longer an option; our choice is between a society where the police surveil us all, and one where we all surveil each other. He says only the latter is compatible with freedom. We have to be able to monitor the cops and the powerful, just like they monitor us.<p>Maybe we need our own Clearview, with open source face recognition and data on the darknet.