[dbroockman]

Holy shit, this quote is crazy:

> While the company was dodging me, it was also monitoring me. At my request, a number of police officers had run my photo through the Clearview app. They soon received phone calls from company representatives asking if they were talking to the media — a sign that Clearview has the ability and, in this case, the appetite to monitor whom law enforcement is searching for.

[sethx]

I came here to post this. You beat me to it.

What's appalling here is that Clearview is playing in God mode, monitoring and acting on what Law Enforcement is doing, IN THEIR OWN INTEREST, without any oversight. The potential for this to backfire is astronomical

[wallace_f]

Sadly, it reminds me of all the stories of authorities using databases for stalking women they're interested in, or people they have a personal grudge against, or whatever.

https://nypost.com/2019/03/11/sergeant-used-police-databases...

https://theweek.com/speedreads/651668/hundreds-police-office...

https://apnews.com/699236946e3140659fff8a2362e16f43/ap-acros...

[tartoran]

This is a valid concern, it aleady happens and nothing stops if from happening in the future