Revealed: The shocking far-right agenda behind the surveillance tech used by ICE and the FBI.
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Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
Under the Biden administration, ICE records show the agency deployed Clearview widely, even as officials there charged with monitoring the technology were in the dark about how it was being used and by whom.
This is the direct path from neoliberalism/conservatism to fascism that some of us have been warning about for decades.
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Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
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Under the Biden administration, ICE records show the agency deployed Clearview widely, even as officials there charged with monitoring the technology were in the dark about how it was being used and by whom.
This is the direct path from neoliberalism/conservatism to fascism that some of us have been warning about for decades.
Its super fucked because they're even using it as a way to point out the real world difference it makes by saying that the Biden admin at least had oversight and inspectors general to prosecute misconduct but OOPS now they're all fired and nobody is going to stop it. Now the surveillance state is completely unmoored.
How could this happen?? I thought this wasn't the character of American democracy? I thought people were good and honest and followed the rules, so this must just be a misunderstanding?? Surely theres no way an entire administration comprised exclusively of foreign agents and bad actors would be able to abuse those systems because there were never any real rules just a general respect for the country and it's people?? We wouldn't blindly rely on the good faith of our representatives to maintain our constitution almost exclusively, RIGHT??
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Under the Biden administration, ICE records show the agency deployed Clearview widely, even as officials there charged with monitoring the technology were in the dark about how it was being used and by whom.
This is the direct path from neoliberalism/conservatism to fascism that some of us have been warning about for decades.
From a European perspective, USA only had a right and far right party. Anything on the left side was killed long time ago.
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Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
There are a bunch of conservatives that want a police state. Is this a surprise?
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Glad to see you're all-in on this rebellion, Han. I hope your Isu-Sim SSP05 is in full working order for the actions ahead.
Yeah, of course it is...
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Under the Biden administration, ICE records show the agency deployed Clearview widely, even as officials there charged with monitoring the technology were in the dark about how it was being used and by whom.
This is the direct path from neoliberalism/conservatism to fascism that some of us have been warning about for decades.
This is the direct path from neoliberalism/conservatism to fascism that some of us have been warning about for decades.
Simply put, choosing the "lesser of two evils" over decades means you're sliding towards evil, regardless.
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Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
I really began to understand MLK Jr's line "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" in the past few years. For every injustice allowed (in fact, oftentimes rooted for) we are saying that it will actually be OK to do that elsewhere. Eventually the justification will be OK.
In the USA we said surveillance was OK. Just use it to profile "terrorists" in the so-called war on terror. Use it to profile everyone who appears at the border. Use it to profile every Palestinian in Gaza. Use it to only profile gang members and "criminals." Use it to clandestinely surveil every phone call. Finally, stop pretending: use it to surveil everybody.
How many databases is my face in just because I flew back home from out of the country a few months ago?
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I really began to understand MLK Jr's line "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" in the past few years. For every injustice allowed (in fact, oftentimes rooted for) we are saying that it will actually be OK to do that elsewhere. Eventually the justification will be OK.
In the USA we said surveillance was OK. Just use it to profile "terrorists" in the so-called war on terror. Use it to profile everyone who appears at the border. Use it to profile every Palestinian in Gaza. Use it to only profile gang members and "criminals." Use it to clandestinely surveil every phone call. Finally, stop pretending: use it to surveil everybody.
How many databases is my face in just because I flew back home from out of the country a few months ago?
This way one should not have voted for a convicted felony…
It just gives the signal that laws are only for non-white and non-male people and that white men can do whatever they want.
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Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
Hmmm.
Facial recognition technology is known to be unreliable, and incorrectly match faces. But that's only a problem if it can detect a face. So your medical facemask is a problem.
But the real problem is the eyes and nose. Ears are easy enough to cover.
New style of sunglasses. Ear to ear 3.5" reflective darkened UV protection polycarbonate. That's a big ass chunk of face it can't detect anymore.
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I really began to understand MLK Jr's line "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" in the past few years. For every injustice allowed (in fact, oftentimes rooted for) we are saying that it will actually be OK to do that elsewhere. Eventually the justification will be OK.
In the USA we said surveillance was OK. Just use it to profile "terrorists" in the so-called war on terror. Use it to profile everyone who appears at the border. Use it to profile every Palestinian in Gaza. Use it to only profile gang members and "criminals." Use it to clandestinely surveil every phone call. Finally, stop pretending: use it to surveil everybody.
How many databases is my face in just because I flew back home from out of the country a few months ago?
Exactly, the ends does not justify the means. Don't give the government power, because it will seek to expand that power, which will eventually directly impact you. When considering any new power, consider how it could be used against you at some point in the future, and really think deeply about whether you want that.
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Hmmm.
Facial recognition technology is known to be unreliable, and incorrectly match faces. But that's only a problem if it can detect a face. So your medical facemask is a problem.
But the real problem is the eyes and nose. Ears are easy enough to cover.
New style of sunglasses. Ear to ear 3.5" reflective darkened UV protection polycarbonate. That's a big ass chunk of face it can't detect anymore.
Many facial recognition engines still track eyes using IR illumination. In fact, it's more effective, generally speaking, than a mask that covers the bottom half of your face.
Protect your eyes and you'll stop most of the automated tracking... for now. It'll paint a giant target on your back since most work by reflecting IR, so you'll light up like a Christmas tree, but at least they probably won't be able to automatically match you to a face in their database.
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Many facial recognition engines still track eyes using IR illumination. In fact, it's more effective, generally speaking, than a mask that covers the bottom half of your face.
Protect your eyes and you'll stop most of the automated tracking... for now. It'll paint a giant target on your back since most work by reflecting IR, so you'll light up like a Christmas tree, but at least they probably won't be able to automatically match you to a face in their database.
That's part of the reason. But it now gives me more ideas. Way more.
Jam the IR. IR emitters can be pretty damn easy to hide. Have them embedded in badges for people. Have IR reflecting signs. Flood the protest with IR so even people unaware of it are protected.
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This is the direct path from neoliberalism/conservatism to fascism that some of us have been warning about for decades.
Simply put, choosing the "lesser of two evils" over decades means you're sliding towards evil, regardless.
Right. You can't pick the lesser evil in the election today, then go do nothing, and expect good outcomes.
Harm reduction has a place but it's not the whole solution
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Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
shocking
What is it actually fair and restrained or something? That's about the only thing that would actually be shocking at this point. I wouldn't be surprised to find out they were actually electrocuting people.
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That's part of the reason. But it now gives me more ideas. Way more.
Jam the IR. IR emitters can be pretty damn easy to hide. Have them embedded in badges for people. Have IR reflecting signs. Flood the protest with IR so even people unaware of it are protected.
Yeah, that would be pretty cool. I've seen protest shirts for visible light cameras with things that look like license plates and whatnot, and I'd totally be down for a peaceful protest to mess w/ IR illumination as well.
If you want the glasses, check out reflectacles. They reflect IR, which makes you unidentifiable to many camera systems. I have no association w/ the company, just think it's a cool idea.
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From a European perspective, USA only had a right and far right party. Anything on the left side was killed long time ago.
McCarthyism, Southern Strategy, three letter agencies spending decades actively targeting/murdering activists; yeah it’s been rough.
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Right. You can't pick the lesser evil in the election today, then go do nothing, and expect good outcomes.
Harm reduction has a place but it's not the whole solution
Sadly, for many, participation ends at the ballot box. I'm sorry to say that I was that way before, too.
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Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
There's nothing you can tell me about surveillance tech that would "shock" me at this point.
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Thousands of newly obtained documents show that Clearview AI’s founders always intended to target immigrants and the political left. Now their digital dragnet is in the hands of the Trump administration.
In general, the federal government is hungry for facial recognition. The Department of Homeland Security is experimenting with using facial biometrics to monitor migrant children “down to the infant” and algorithmically predict how they will age so they can be identified if they cross the border years later.
Seems a bit unnecessary.
