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This is half a decade old news, but I only found this out myself after it accidentally came up in conversation at the DMV. The worker would not have informed me if it hadn't come into conversation. Every DMV photo in the United States is being used for AI facial recognition, and nobody has talked about it for years. This is especially concerning given that citizens are recently being required to update their ID to a "Real ID," which means more people than ever before are giving away the rights to their own face.

The biggest problem with privacy issues is that people talk about it for a while, but more often than not nothing ever happens to fix the problem, it simply gets forgotten. For example, in the next few years Copilot will simply become a part of people's lives, and people will slowly stop talking about the privacy implications. What can we even do to fight the privacy practices of giants?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, that dumbass doesn't realize the EU has been using passport photos to allow Interpol to build a database since back in 2010.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Not just Europe either. 172 countries use NFC passports, all of which have your full biometric info (including a high res headshot) encoded onto the chip.

If you've ever had a passport your face is known to the government of your country and searchable in a database.