ID CEO Backtracks on Claims Company Doesn't Use Powerful Facial Recognition Tech 19
Identity verification company ID.me uses a type of powerful facial recognition that searches for individuals within mass databases of photos, CEO Blake Hall explained in a LinkedIn post on Wednesday. From a report: 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.
"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.
"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.
How else? (Score:3)
Re: ID.me probably can't even tell Congress. (Score:2)
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:
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
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Intelius does this all the time and nobody challenges them. They mine public information that your state and local governments gladly sell to form a profile that they can turn around and sell to third parties or come up with products that you can use for a nominal fee. It's not right, it should be prohibited but the lobby is getting bigger and bigger, and unfortunately, your privacy doesn't matter. Don't expect the CCPA to do shit about it, they're looking to mine companies for huge fines in the name of con
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They clean other companies' databases for them.
A private company collecting all the (Score:2)
Electronics suck (Score:5, Insightful)
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They're winning the War on Terrah.
(your average citizen is losing)
ID.me vs id. (Score:5, Insightful)
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:4, Informative)
Here is some recent, related and scary coverage about ID.me from Bloomberg Businessweek:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-01-20/cybersecurity-company-id-me-is-becoming-government-s-digital-gatekeeper [bloomberg.com]
Translation: (Score:2)
"I accidentally told the truth and it's bad, really bad." - CEO
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:-) 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 are. [cnbc.com]
Storage is getting cheaper by the day along with your privacy and it's all for sale.
You don't know (Score:2)
>"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. "
And that makes the most important point right there. YOU DON'T KNOW what entities do with your information when you give it to them. It really doesn't matter what they say, you do
They'll lie about... (Score:2)
Re: They'll lie about... (Score:2)