Public photos are not consent to biometric search infrastructure

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The Clearview AI story still feels like one of the cleanest examples of the consent gap in applied AI. The issue is not simply that photos were public. A birthday photo, profile picture, or local event image is posted for a social context. Turning that same image into a biometric lookup system for police is a purpose transformation: different audience, different risk model, different power relationship, and usually no notice or recourse. A few grounding points: The NYT reported in 2020 that C...