Your Face Is Already Searchable

30 Jul 2026 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker reveals how Clearview AI operated in secrecy, amassing a massive database of publicly available photos without public awareness. The revelation caused widespread shock and anger as individuals realized their images were being harvested by a private company. The speaker explains that Clearview's business model revolves around monetizing this facial data by selling access to police and law‑enforcement agencies worldwide, including thousands of departments in the United Kingdom, thereby raising significant privacy and ethical concerns.

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When I first discovered Clearview AI, what it was doing was a secret. It was not known by the general public. People found it really shocking that their photos had been collected by this random company. And honestly, people were upset. What Clearview is doing is, you know, they built this database. They wanted to make money off of it. They would end up selling it to police departments, law enforcement officials. Thousands of agencies, and it was tried by police departments around the world, including in the UK.