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will end cookie usage . IBM , Microsoft and Amazon have all either pulled out of the facial recognition software market altogether or are limiting their work with police forces in the US .
But companies selling facial recognition software have compiled huge databases to power their algorithms – including some 3 billion images that Clearview AI scraped from Google , Facebook , YouTube , LinkedIn and Venmo ) that it can search against .
According to Jones , these systems are a real security risk : “ Hackers have broken into databases containing facial scans used by banks , police departments and
“ Even knocking on a friend ’ s door ( complete with a Ring doorbell ) could see you added to a police database of images ”
NIGEL JONES CO-FOUNDER , PRIVACY COMPLIANCE HUB defence firms in the past . Criminals can use this information to commit identity fraud , harass or stalk victims . Biometric data is not something you ’ d want to fall into the wrong hands ,” he added .
Peter Galdies , the Senior Consultant of DQM GRC , a specialist data protection and privacy consultancy , added : “ Speaking from a privacy perspective , it ' s noteworthy to mention Meta ' s recent decision to shut down it ' s facial recognition system . Meta acknowledged the situation as a complex social issue , and the rebranded ' Meta ' seems to be shifting its approach as to how this
126 February 2022