The End of Privacy as We Know It?

<p>A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html" target="_blank">secretive start-up</a> promising the next generation of facial recognition software has compiled a database of images far bigger than anything ever constructed by the United States government: over three billion, it says. Is this technology a breakthrough for law enforcement — or the end of privacy as we know it?</p><p>Guest: Annie Brown, a producer on “The Daily,” spoke with <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/kashmir-hill" target="_blank">Kashmir Hill</a>, a technology reporter for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. </p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Federal and state law enforcement officers are using one company’s app to make arrests in 49 states.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/technology/clearview-privacy-facial-recognition.html" target="_blank"> So what is Clearview AI, and what influence does it hold</a>?</li><li>Clearview’s app is being used by police to identify victims of child sexual abuse. Some<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/business/clearview-facial-recognition-child-sexual-abuse.html" target="_blank"> question both the ethics and the accuracy</a> of the results.</li></ul>