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Clearview AI Facial Recognition Customers Reportedly Include DOJ FBI ICE Macy s

2020-10-30T05:34:15Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> James Martin/CNET Customers of [/news/clearview-app-lets-strangers-find-your-name-info-with-snap-of-a-photo-report-says/ controversial facial recognition app Clearview AI] include not only [ law enforcement agencies] like Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Department of Justice, but also companies such as retail giant Macy's, according to a Thursday report by [http://www.bing.com/search?q=BuzzFeed&form=MSNNWS&mkt=en-us&pq=BuzzFeed BuzzFeed] News, which cited internal documents reviewed by the publication. Clearview AI has also been used by some people working at the FBI, Customs and Border Protection, Interpol, AT&T, Verizon, [/tags/t-mobile/ T-Mobile], Best Buy, Eventbrite, Las Vegas Sands, Coinbase, Bank of America, Walmart and Kohl's, according to the BuzzFeed report. "This list, if confirmed, is a privacy, security, and civil liberties nightmare," said Nathan Freed Wessler, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. "Government agents should not be running our faces against a shadily assembled database of billions of our photos in secret and with no safeguards against abuse." Interpol confirmed a "small number" of its officers in the Crimes Against [http://www.lifebeyondtourism.org/?header_search=Children%20unit Children unit] used 30-day trials of the Clearview AI product, but that Interpol has no formal relationship with the company. In an emailed statement, ICE confirmed its use of Clearview AI, saying it's primarily for agents with Homeland Security Investigations who are involved in child exploitation and cybercrime cases. The FBI declined to comment. AT&T said it's not a client of Clearview AI. Best Buy denied ever using or planning to use Clearview AI. Bank of America said it's not a customer. Eventbrite denied being a client of the company. Clearview AI didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. On Wednesday, the company revealed that it had suffered [/news/clearview-ai-had-entire-client-list-stolen-in-data-breach/ a data breach] that saw its customer list stolen, along with information such as the number of searches those customers have made and how many accounts customers had set up. Clearview attorney Tor Ekeland said in a statement then that security is the company's "top priority." The app identifies people by [ ] and other sites. It came under fire after a [ New York Times investigation] into the software company last month, and in late January, Democratic Sen. Edward Markey [ ]. Since then, [/google/ Google], YouTube, [/tags/microsoft/ Microsoft] and [/tags/twitter/ Twitter] have sent [ ], and the company is also [/news/clearview-ai-facial-recognition-company-faces-another-lawsuit/ facing multiple lawsuits]. "[ This is a crisis for our democracy]," Evan Greer, deputy director of Fight for the Future, said in a statement. "Lawmakers need to get off their butts, do their jobs, and pass legislation to ban the use of facial recognition surveillance not just by government agencies but by corporations too." Coinbase said it hasn't yet made a commitment to use Clearview AI. "Our security and compliance teams tested Clearview AI to see if the service could meaningfully bolster our efforts to protect employees and offices against physical threats and investigate fraud," a Coinbase spokesperson said in an emailed statement. "We have not tested nor would we use Clearview AI's service with our customer data. We maintain strict privacy controls that prevent customer data from being used in this manner." The Department of Justice, Customs and Border Protection, Macy's, Verizon, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] T-Mobile, Las Vegas Sands, Walmart and Kohl's didn't respond to requests for comment. The BuzzFeed report also said Clearview AI has expanded to law enforcement agencies in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Brazil, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, India, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. Originally published Feb. 27 at 2:11 p.m. PT. Updates, 2:30 p.m.: Adds Best Buy statement, info on more companies, expansion globally; 2:35 p.m.: Adds Bank of America statement; 2:56 p.m.: Adds Coinbase statement; 3:05 p.m.: Adds statements from ACLU and Fight for the Future; Feb. 28: Adds comment from AT&T; March 2, 11:55 a.m.: Adds Eventbrite and Interpol responses. Now playing: Watch this: Clearview AI's facial recognition goes creepier than... 2:58 [#comments Comments] [/topics/mobile-apps/ Mobile Apps] [/topics/mobile/ Mobile] [/topics/politics/ Politics] [/topics/security/ Notification on Notification off Security]

French Open Order Of Play On Sunday

2020-10-30T02:21:37Z

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Sept [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] 26 (Reuters) - Order of play on the main showcourts on the first day of the French Open on Sunday (play begins at 0900 GMT, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] prefix number denotes seeding): COURT PHILIPPE-CHATRIER Jannik Sinner (Italy) v 11-David Goffin (Belgium) 1-Simona Halep (Romania) v Sara Sorribes Tormo (Spain) 17-Anett Kontaveit (Estonia) v Caroline Garcia (France) 16-Stan Wawrinka (Switzerland) v Andy Murray (Britain) COURT SUZANNE-LENGLEN 10[http://www.caringbridge.org/search?q=-Victoria%20Azarenka -Victoria Azarenka] (Belarus) v Danka Kovinic (Montenegro) Jurij Rodionov (Austria) v Jeremy Chardy (France) 9-Johanna Konta (Britain) v Coco Gauff (U.S.) 6-Alexander Zverev (Germany) v Dennis Novak (Austria) COURT SIMONNE-MATHIEU Margarita Gasparyan (Russia) v 16-Elise Mertens (Belgium) Anna Karolina Schmiedlova (Slovakia) v Venus Williams (U.S.) 23-Benoit Paire (France) v [http://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&query=Kwon%20Soon-woo Kwon Soon-woo] (South Korea) Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia) v 12-Diego Schwartzman (Argentina) (Compiled by Hardik Vyas in Bengaluru; editing by Clare Fallon)

Comet Atlas Is Now In An All-out Death Dive Towards The Sun After Once Shining Bright

2020-10-29T20:37:32Z

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id="article-body" class="row" section="article-body"> Comet Atlas [http://www.dict.cc/?s=Martin%20Gembec Martin Gembec] / CC BY-SA 4.0 Fame for a comet is a fickle thing. One week you're shining bright, the next you find you can't take the heat and start breaking up on the way to a fatal encounter with the sun. In March, newly discovered [/news/brightening-comet-atlas-could-soon-lift-your-gaze-and-spirits-just-a-little/ Comet Atlas was going through a rapid brightening phase] and some astronomers were hopeful it might put on a spectacular show in the night sky as it [http://www.exeideas.com/?s=flew%20closer flew closer] in May. Just a few weeks later, though, it became clear that Atlas probably [/news/possible-superstar-comet-atlas-looks-like-its-breaking-up-already/ wasn't going to live up to those expectations] as it began to break apart. Now amateur astronomers are getting some pretty remarkable images of the space snowball coming apart at the seams. Comet ATLAS Taken by Jose de queiroz on April 15, 2020 @ Falera - Switzerland. ① Comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) 04/15/2020 Another deep look into the center of the comet. There two distinct nucleons have formed, which plunge towards the sun, like in a race. [ pic.twitter.com/2WbkFOY6Q7] — mizuho kai (@mizuho73700856) [ April 16, 2020] window.CnetFunctions.logWithLabel('%c One Trust ', "Service loaded: script_twitterwidget with class optanon-category-5"); Best images I've seen so far from Nick Haigh, showing the fragments of Comet ATLAS [ pic.twitter.com/yf9kFWwtJZ] — Con Stoitsis (@vivstoitsis) [ April 14, 2020] window.CnetFunctions.logWithLabel('%c One Trust ', "Service loaded: script_twitterwidget with class optanon-category-5"); Disintegrated comet C/2019 Y4 (ATLAS) imaged on April 10 through 1.4m f/5.1 telescope at Astronomical Station Vidojevica, AOB, Serbia. 5 fragments/condesations are clearly visible. Exposition 60x60s, R filter. [ #CometAtlasY4] [ pic.twitter.com/B5ysRVKPPQ] — Igor Smolić (@pseudotrabant) [ April 12, 2020] window.CnetFunctions.logWithLabel('%c One Trust ', "Service loaded: script_twitterwidget with class optanon-category-5"); Comets are notoriously unpredictable, so it's not shocking that Atlas is falling apart. It's also a little uncertain what will became of it next. It could just continue to fragment into smaller and smaller bits until it becomes impossible to see, or it might fly right into the sun, perhaps putting on one last show for us after all. Don't mourn this snowball too long, though, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html tour phượng hoàng cổ trấn] there's still plenty more to see in the night sky: [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-nam-ninh-truong-gia-gioi-phuong-hoang-co-tran-6-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] another [/news/comet-atlas-is-crumbling-but-another-is-already-brightening-skywatchers-nights/ newfound comet, dubbed SWAN], is on the rise, as are the [/news/lyrid-meteor-shower-the-best-night-sky-show-for-months-is-still-active/ Lyrid meteors that will peak next week]. Related stories [/news/comet-atlas-is-crumbling-but-another-is-already-brightening-skywatchers-nights/ Comet Atlas is crumbling, but another is already brightening skywatchers' nights] [/news/newly-discovered-sneaky-little-asteroid-flew-by-earth-wednesday/ Newly discovered sneaky little asteroid flew by Earth Wednesday] [/features/how-tv-and-movies-are-seducing-us-to-mars/ NASA astronauts return to a drastically changed Earth after months in orbit] Now playing: Watch this: Nvidia, Amazon pull out of MWC, NASA and ESA launch new... 1:42 [#comments Comments] [/tags/space/ Space] [/topics/sci-tech/ Notification on Notification off Sci-Tech]