The End of Privacy is a Taylor Swift Fan TikTok Account Armed with Facial Recognition Tech
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A viral account is using off-the-shelf facial recognition tech to dox random people on the internet for the amusement of millions of viewers. One victim said they “felt a bit violated really.”

A viral TikTok account is doxing ordinary and otherwise anonymous people on the internet using off-the-shelf facial recognition technology, creating content and growing a following by taking advantage of a fundamental new truth: privacy is now essentially dead in public spaces.

  • NaNEnglish
    23•9 months ago

    Maybe stuff like this starts getting those “I’ve got nothing to hide” people to think a little more about privacy.

    • @Synnr@sopuli.xyz
      24•9 months ago

      Group of accounts set up webcams outside of busy public restrooms. Records people’s faces as they exit the bathroom and how long they were in there. Auto-ID’s and sends email asking as part of a public poll if they agree with the statement “If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear”

      N: auto erase image and associated data

      Y: auto publish bathroom exiting face and time spent in restroom to tiktok.

      Let’s really get the privacy conversation started.

      We can call it Operation Feardrop