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Remember the photo from your birthday dinner, the tagged picture from a cousin’s wedding, and the profile shot you forgot you ever posted? Any of these may already be sitting inside a search engine built for the police, where one uploaded image of a face can turn up matching photos of a person and links to where they appear online.
You never agreed to this, and you’ll likely never know if your face comes up in a search. Now, Mobile’s leaders must decide whether to keep paying for this surveillance technology, all the while the people who use it simply won’t explain how they do so.[1]
Inside Mobile Police’s $67,000 facial recognition deal
The Mobile City Council is considering a $67,000 annual renewal of Clearview AI, a facial recognition software company used by law enforcement agencies. As reported by NBC 15, the software would serve the Gulf Coast Technology Center, a regional law enforcement hub run by the city. The Mobile Police Department says that the GCTC represents more than 40 local, state, and federal agencies…