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I'm not sure what it's called, but I've seen a product which is a database of the time/location of US car license plate sightings. As I understand it, these are

I'm not sure what it's called, but I've seen a product which is a database of the time/location of US car license plate sightings. As I understand it, these are OCR'd from a combination of private, and public footage. I wonder if something similar exists for faces, and if some company is performing facial recognition on publicly uploaded footage. It sounds quite paranoid, however we know for a fact that such technology exists, and that there's a motivation for it.

RhodesianHunter 4y ago
All of the tow companies have cameras on their trucks so that they can sell this data.
- jacooper 4y ago
  My god, where does the data mining end?
  - mindslight 4y ago
    Privacy legislation similar to the GDPR. Getting the definition of 'consent' right is critical. Until then, there is no end.
    - nerdponx 4y ago
      Not just consent, but also making organizations liable for the data that they do collect with your consent.
  - xpe 4y ago
    Omniscient beings don't need data mining.
zx8080 4y ago
First result in search: https://www.foxnews.com/auto/tesla-facial-recognition-cameras https://www.foxnews.com/auto/tesla-facial-recognition-camera...
fullsend 4y ago
I did some obviously poor googling and couldn’t find this? It’s a private product, not an open source DB?
- TecoAndJix 4y ago
  You can make money on this if you have a high traffic area to place the cameras! https://drndata.com/repossession/ https://drndata.com/repossession/
jrochkind1 4y ago
I don't _think_ yet, publicly -- as far as time/location of sighting records. I would assume that national security police forces have it though... perhaps still secretly in the US? It is known that Chinese security police have it. But facial recognition on public data, yes, there are commercial facial recognition databases, but i dont' think they (yet?) have timestamped geocoded sightings. > Australia and U.S.-based face biometrics provider VerifyFaces has unveiled its consumer-facing facial recognition service which can be used for background checks. Unlike image-only searches such as PimEyes, VerifyFaces combines facial recognition and text searches. > From $11, individual users can conduct a search on the company’s website in four ways: by photo or video, name and birthday, phone number, and home address. https://www.biometricupdate.com/202212/verifyfaces-unveils-facial-recognition-background-check-service-for-public https://www.biometricupdate.com/202212/verifyfaces-unveils-f...
Nextgrid 4y ago
Clearview AI is what you're looking for.
nerdponx 4y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if this already existed and was being quietly sold to law enforcement agencies.
TecoAndJix 4y ago
Here is a Vice article [1] on how the repo industry leverages a private database from ALPR [2] cameras mounted on cars, businesses, etc. It tracks everyone, not just those delinquent on their payments. [1] https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne879z/i-tracked-someone-with-license-plate-readers-drn https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne879z/i-tracked-someone-wit... [2] https://drndata.com/repossession/ https://drndata.com/repossession/

RhodesianHunter 4y ago

All of the tow companies have cameras on their trucks so that they can sell this data.

jacooper 4y ago
My god, where does the data mining end?
- mindslight 4y ago
  Privacy legislation similar to the GDPR. Getting the definition of 'consent' right is critical. Until then, there is no end.
  - nerdponx 4y ago
    Not just consent, but also making organizations liable for the data that they do collect with your consent.
- xpe 4y ago
  Omniscient beings don't need data mining.

zx8080 4y ago

First result in search: https://www.foxnews.com/auto/tesla-facial-recognition-cameras https://www.foxnews.com/auto/tesla-facial-recognition-camera...

fullsend 4y ago

I did some obviously poor googling and couldn’t find this? It’s a private product, not an open source DB?

TecoAndJix 4y ago
You can make money on this if you have a high traffic area to place the cameras! https://drndata.com/repossession/ https://drndata.com/repossession/

jrochkind1 4y ago

I don't _think_ yet, publicly -- as far as time/location of sighting records. I would assume that national security police forces have it though... perhaps still secretly in the US? It is known that Chinese security police have it. But facial recognition on public data, yes, there are commercial facial recognition databases, but i dont' think they (yet?) have timestamped geocoded sightings. > Australia and U.S.-based face biometrics provider VerifyFaces has unveiled its consumer-facing facial recognition service which can be used for background checks. Unlike image-only searches such as PimEyes, VerifyFaces combines facial recognition and text searches. > From $11, individual users can conduct a search on the company’s website in four ways: by photo or video, name and birthday, phone number, and home address. https://www.biometricupdate.com/202212/verifyfaces-unveils-facial-recognition-background-check-service-for-public https://www.biometricupdate.com/202212/verifyfaces-unveils-f...

Nextgrid 4y ago

Clearview AI is what you're looking for.

nerdponx 4y ago

I wouldn't be surprised if this already existed and was being quietly sold to law enforcement agencies.

TecoAndJix 4y ago

Here is a Vice article [1] on how the repo industry leverages a private database from ALPR [2] cameras mounted on cars, businesses, etc. It tracks everyone, not just those delinquent on their payments. [1] https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne879z/i-tracked-someone-with-license-plate-readers-drn https://www.vice.com/en/article/ne879z/i-tracked-someone-wit... [2] https://drndata.com/repossession/ https://drndata.com/repossession/