ID CEO Backtracks on Claims Company Doesn't Use Powerful Facial Recognition Tech
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/01/26/2020203/id-ceo-backtracks-on-claims-company-doesnt-use-powerful-facial-recognition-tech
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> The post follows a news release from the company last week stating directly that: "Our 1:1 face match is comparable to taking a selfie to unlock a smartphone. ID.me does not use 1:many facial recognition, which is more complex and problematic." Hall's post on Wednesday confirms that ID.me does indeed use 1:many technology. Privacy advocates say that both versions of facial recognition pose a threat to consumers. In addition to numerous studies demonstrating the technology is less effective on non-White skin tones, amassing biometric data can prove a huge security risk.
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> "Governments and companies are amassing these databases of your personal biometric information, which unlike databases, of credit cards, cannot be replaced," explained Caitlin Seeley-George, campaign director at nonprofit Fight for the Future. "And these are databases that are highly targeted by hackers and information that can absolutely be used in ways that are harmful to people." In the Wednesday LinkedIn post Hall said that 1:many verification is used "once during enrollment" and "is not tied to identity verification. It does not block legitimate users from verifying their identity, nor is it used for any other purpose other than to prevent identity theft," he writes.
[1] https://www.cyberscoop.com/id-me-ceo-backtracks-on-claims-company-doesnt-use-powerful-facial-recognition-tech/
A private company collecting all the (Score:2)
info hackers dream about in one place "for" the government(assimilation is required). So now ID.me will disseminate it to the hackers(accidentally of course) as part of the governments criminal help and support network.
Electronics suck (Score:4, Insightful)
I see electronics these days more of a weapon than useful tool
Re: (Score:2)
They're winning the War on Terrah.
(your average citizen is losing)
ID.me vs id. (Score:3)
For a moment I was wondering what the fuck John Carmack ea had to do with facial recognition...
It would've been a good idea to use ID.me in the title instead.
Recent related coverage from Businessweek (Score:3)
Here is some recent, related and scary coverage about ID.me from Bloomberg Businessweek:
[1]https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-01-20/cybersecurity-company-id-me-is-becoming-government-s-digital-gatekeeper [bloomberg.com]
[1] https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-01-20/cybersecurity-company-id-me-is-becoming-government-s-digital-gatekeeper
Translation: (Score:2)
"I accidentally told the truth and it's bad, really bad." - CEO
Re: (Score:1)
:-) It's not bad for business, nobody's gonna pull the plug on this
anybody remember (Score:2)
Facebook trolling through all the Instagram photos a few years ago? At first, they said "naw we didn't do that" but they were; they still [1]are. [cnbc.com]
Storage is getting cheaper by the day along with your privacy and it's all for sale.
[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/04/facebook-trains-ai-to-see-using-1-billion-public-instagram-photos-.html
How else? (Score:2)
How else is ID.me's treasure trove of personal data being used? Can ID.me even talk about it?
Well, there's CCPA.... but (Score:2)
According to the CCPA, a consumer has the right, at any time, to direct a business to not sell, share, or transfer personal information about the consumer to third parties.
BUT:
[1]https://www.id.me/privacy [www.id.me]
6. Protecting and Destroying Personally Identifiable Information
Personal information will be retained until we have fulfilled ID.me's legal, contractual and policy obligations. Currently, in order to fulfill these obligations, our retention policy is the duration of your relationship with ID.me plus seven and
[1] https://www.id.me/privacy