Your face belongs to us a secretive startup's quest to end privacy as we know it

"In this riveting feat of reporting, Kashmir Hill illuminates the improbable rise of Clearview AI and how Hoan Ton-That, a computer engineer and Richard Schwartz, a Giuliani associate, launched a terrifying facial recognition app with society-altering potential. They were assisted by a cast of contr...

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Main Author: Hill, Kashmir (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2023]
Edition:First edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • Prologue: The tip
  • Part I: The face race. A strange kind of love ; The roots (350 B.C.-1880s) ; "Fatface is real" ; If at first you don't succeed (1956-1991) ; A disturbing proposal ; The snooper bowl (2001) ; The supercomputer under the bed ; The only guy who saw it coming (2006-2008) ; Death to smartcheckr
  • Part II: Technical sweetness. The line google wouldn't cross (2009-2011) ; Finding Mr. Right ; The watchdog barks (2011-2012) ; Going viral ; "You know what's really creepy?" (2011-2019) ; Caught in a dragnet ; Read all about it
  • Part III: Future shock. "Why the fuck am I here?" (2020) ; A different reason to wear a mask ; I have a complaint ; The darkest impulses ; Code Red (or, Floyd Abrams v. the ACLU) ; The future is unevenly distributed ; A rickety surveillance state ; Fighting back ; Tech issues.