How facial recognition technology is redefining public privacy
>> WORKERS COMP.
LET'S TALK ABOUT DOORBELL.
CAMERAS WILL BE SEEING A LOT
OF THEM AROUND TO DO WE?
>> DO WE LOVE THEM? WE HATE
THEM. DO WE DO? WE NEED THEM.
SO RING. THEY RAN THE SUPER
BOWL AD FOR ITS DOORBELL CAMERA
FEATURES A LITTLE FEATURE ON
THERE THAT CAN HELP FIND
MISSING DOGS. AND IT REMINDED
PEOPLE THAT THEY ARE ALWAYS
RECORDING ALWAYS.
>> GOT PEOPLE THINKING A LOT
LESS ABOUT POOCHES AND MORE
ABOUT PRIVACY.
>> IT'S JUST LIKE ALEXA AND
THAT SHE'S RECORDING ALL THE
TIME. ALL RIGHT. BECAUSE SHE
IS LISTENING FOR YOU TO SAY
HER NAME. SO A LOT OF THESE
CAMERAS ARE SET TO RECORD A
MOTION OR AT LEAST TO MARK THE
MOTION IN THE VIDEO AND TO DO
THAT, THEY HAVE TO BE RECORDING
ALL THE TIME.
>> THEY'RE ON. THEY'RE ALWAYS
ON THAT AGAIN IS NOT EXACTLY
WHY WE BOUGHT THEM. THE
DOORBELL CAMERAS RIGHT? IT'S
WHY WE ABLE TO GET THESE
PICTURES AND THE VIDEOS OF THE
SUSPECT IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF
NANCY GUTHRIE. A STORY THAT'S
CAPTIVATED AND
>> CONFUSED DID NATION HER
DOORBELL CAMERA CAPTURED THESE
AND NOW THEY ARE AT THE CENTER
OF THAT CASE. YOU MAY NOT HAVE
AN OPINION ON THIS SORT OF
THING. IT DOESN'T MATTER TO
YOU, BUT YOU SHOULD. I'M HOPING
A VIEWER NAMED BRANDY IS
WATCHING BECAUSE SHE SENT ME
THIS LAST NIGHT. WHAT HAPPENED
TO DAN SEGMENT IN DEPTH WITH
DAN HAGGERTY. THIS WAS ALWAYS
SUCH AN INFORMATIVE SEGMENT.
PLEASE TELL ME IT WAS JUST A
LITTLE HIATUS AND WE'VE IT WILL
BE BACK SOON. WELL, BRANDY.
THIS ONE'S FOR YOU.
>> CAMERAS ARE EVERYWHERE AND
THEY KNOW WHO YOU ARE THERE IN
YOUR PHONE'S OUTSIDE YOUR HOMES
INSIDE YOUR HOMES AT GAS
STATIONS, PARKING DECKS AND
ELEVATORS. CARS, SCHOOL
STADIUMS IN GROCERY STORES.
THERE.
>> AT YOUR WORK AND ON YOUR
DRIVE HOME IN CASES LIKE NANCY
GUTHRIE IN THAT STORY. THEY
DO GREAT THINGS THEY CAN HELP
SOLVE CRIMES. AND FOR THOSE OF
YOU WHO MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT
MORE RELUCTANT TO TRUST THESE
THINGS, YOU GET WORRIED ABOUT
THE LAST DOG FEATURE. I HATE TO
TELL YOU, BUT THAT CAT IS
ALREADY OUT OF THE BAG. THAT
DOG IS OUT OF THE BAG OR
WHATEVER ANIMAL YOU WANT TO BE
OUT OF THE BACK WITH TODAY'S
TECH, YOUR FACE IS NOT ENTIRELY
BELONG TO YOU. IT'S PART OF A
PUBLIC DOMAIN AND COMPANIES
ARE USING IT TO FIND AND
PROFILE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF
US, THE BEST EXAMPLE OF THIS
IS A COMPANY CALLED CLEARVIEW
AI. THEY SCRUB THE PUBLIC
INTERNET. FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM.
GOOGLE WON EVERYTHING IN
BETWEEN AND THEY CAN FIND YOUR
FACE AMONG BILLIONS OF
PICTURES. THE CEO DID A
DEMONSTRATION WITH A JOURNALIST
FROM CNN. THEY UPLOADED HIS
PHOTO AND SHOW THEM HOW IT
WORKED.
GO TO WOW. OH, MY GUYS. IS
THAT? YEAH, I IS ME THAT I LOOK
LIKE HERE. THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE
YOUNGER.
>> WOW.
SO WHAT'S RIGHT? CAN YOU PUT
INTO YOUR? SO I DON'T REALLY
LOOK AT ME LIKE THAT RIGHT NOW.
YOU CAN COMPARE THE PHOTOS IF
YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO HAVE THE,
YOU KNOW. SO THIS THIS
PHOTOGRAPH IS FROM. MY LOCAL
NEWSPAPER. I LIVED IN IRELAND
AND THIS PHOTO HAVE BEEN TAKEN
WHEN I'M I WAS LIKE 16.
>> WHETHER YOU'RE YOUNG OR
YOU'RE OLD THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL
FIND YOU AND IT EVEN WORKS.
IF THE PHOTO IS USING IN BASING
IT ON IS AWFUL. HERE'S A CLIP.
ANOTHER ONE FROM THE BEEB.
THIS WAS FROM THE BBC WHEN THEY
DID A SIMILAR STORY.
>> THEY ROUND OF SUCH THIS
IMAGE FROM THE POLICE BODY CAM
FOOTAGE USING ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE.
>> IT'S A I POPPED UP IN THE
LAKE 3 TO $0.5. I WAS JUST.
PICTURES AS POPPING A PILL.
YOU ARE LIKE POP UP HERE IS
THIS IS THE GUY. THOSE HAVE
EVERYONE. SO IT WAS JUST WILD.
IT WAS WILD. IT WAS LIKE
HITTING THE LOTTERY. SO CLEAR
VIEW, OBVIOUSLY THAT
THIS TECHNOLOGY PEOPLE WANT TO
LIKE THE FBI HAVE CONTRACTS
WITH THEM. AIR FORCE ARMY,
HOMELAND SECURITY AND POLICE
DEPARTMENTS. IN FACT, WHEN
THEIR CLIENT LISTS GOT HACKED
AND LEAKED IN 2021, WE LEARNED.
>> THEY WORK WITH RALEIGH, CARY
AND FAYETTEVILLE, RALEIGH AND
CARY. BOTH SAY THEY NO LONGER
USE THAT TECHNOLOGY, BUT JUST
SO YOU ARE KEEPING UP HERE.
THEY CAN FIND YOUR PICTURE
ANYWHERE ONLINE, EVEN IF YOU
DIDN'T TAKE IT, EVEN IF IT'S
FOR THE PEOPLE YOU YOU DON'T
EVEN KNOW YOU COULD BE IN THE
BACKGROUND. YOU COULD BE IN THE
CROWD SOMEWHERE ANYWHERE IN
THIS PROGRAM CAN FIND YOUR
PHOTO. THAT MEANS IF THERE ARE
PICTURES OF YOU ANYWHERE
ONLINE, YOU ARE IN CLEAR VIEWS
DATABASE RIGHT NOW, EVEN YOUR
KIDS. AND I'M BETTING THAT
ALMOST EVERY SINGLE PERSON
WATCHING THIS, IT IS AMAZING
TACK AND YES, IT CAN HELP CATCH
THE BAD GUYS. BUT THE CONCEPT
STILL MAKES PEOPLE A LITTLE
UNEASY CITIES AND STATES ACROSS
THE COUNTRY HAVE STARTED
PASSING LAWS ESTABLISHING
GUARDRAIL. SAN FRANCISCO,
OAKLAND, BOSTON, JUST TO NAME
A FEW THE EU. THEY PASSED A
HUGE BIT OF LEGISLATION ON THIS
IN 2023 MUCH AS FOR CLEARVIEW.
BUT FOR ANY COMPANY WITH THE
SIMILAR AI TOOLS AND THINK
ABOUT IT. EVERY PICTURE THAT
YOU TAKE MOST IS PROBABLY ON
THE PHONE, RIGHT? AN IPHONE
THAT GOES INTO THE CLOUD THAT
STICK WITH APPLE. EVERY APP
THAT YOU THEN GRANT ACCESS TO
THAT ROLE OF PHOTOS. THEY GET
THOSE PICTURES TO INSTAGRAM,
FACEBOOK TIKTOK CHATGPT, ALL
OF THEM AND THE ONLY THING
KEEPING THOSE COMPANIES FROM
ABUSING THAT DATA, IT IS GOOD
FAITH. IT IS NOT JUST TECH
COMPANIES. NEW YORK TIMES
REPORTER KASHMIR HILL REPORTED
A PERSONAL STORY. SHE WENT TO
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WITH A
FRIEND TO SEE THE KNICKS PLAY.
BUT SECURITY STOPPED THEM
PERMISSION AS WE WE'RE
COLLECTING AIRBAGS. A SECURITY
GUARD CAME OVER AND PULLED THIS
PERSONAL INJURY. ATTORNEY
ASIDE, ANY SAID.
>> YOU KNOW, YOU'VE YOU'VE BEEN
FLAGGED. WE USE OF FACE
RECOGNITION SYSTEM HERE AND
MY MANAGERS CAN I COME OVER AND
HE'S GONNA NEED TO TALK TO YOU.
AND THIS ATTORNEY WAS ONE OF
THOUSANDS OF ATTORNEYS WHO HAVE
BEEN PLACED ON A ON A BANNED
LIST AND HAS SINCE QUIT GARDEN
ENFORCED WITH A SURVEY
COMMISSIONED TECHNOLOGY BECAUSE
SHE WORKS AT A FIRM THAT HAS A
CASE AGAINST THE COMPANY.
>> SO THIS IS KIND OF THE NEW
NORM. I MEAN, THIS IS THIS IS
HERE. THIS TECH IS HERE.
IT IS CHEAP AND IT IS
EVERYWHERE. WE TOLD YOU LAST
MONTH THAT WEGMANS ANNOUNCED
ITS SCANNING YOUR FACE AT SOME
STORES. WALMART HARRIS TEETER,
HOME DEPOT. THEY REPORTED THAT
THEY ARE DOING THE SAME.
YOU MAY SAY THEY'RE JUST
LOOKING FOR A REPEAT
SHOPLIFTERS. BUT THAT TAKES
THAT TAKES SOME TRUST TO SAY
THAT THEY'RE JUST DOING THAT.
DO YOU? DO YOU TRUST THESE
COMPANIES WITH THIS KIND OF
POWER OR, YOU KNOW, DO YOU
THINK, HEY, IT'S GOT NOTHING TO
HIDE. YOU HAVE NOTHING TO WORRY
ABOUT ANY ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
AND FOR THEM.
>> I'M WONDERING WHAT IS THE
LIMIT TO THAT RUSSIA NOW?
WHERE IS YOUR LINE ON PRIVACY?
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