new snowden leaks:NSA Collects Millions of Facial Photos Daily, Snowden Documents Say

[zanejohnson]

http://time.com/2804898/snowden-nsa-facial-recognition/

NSA Collects Millions of Facial Photos Daily, Snowden Documents Say

The National Security Agency is collecting millions of images a day for facial recognition purposes, according to classified documents obtained from Edward Snowden by the New York Times.

Of those millions of images, approximately 55,000 a day are “facial recognition quality images,” according to the documents.

The documents reveal that the NSA is using new software to mine social media, emails, text messages and other digital communications for images. They also show the agency is capable of and interested in intercepting forms of communication beyond text and audio.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

No fair on the bait and switch. Came in looking for facial photos. Left sad.

 

[DCal430]

http://time.com/2804898/snowden-nsa-facial-recognition/

NSA Collects Millions of Facial Photos Daily, Snowden Documents Say

The National Security Agency is collecting millions of images a day for facial recognition purposes, according to classified documents obtained from Edward Snowden by the New York Times.

Of those millions of images, approximately 55,000 a day are “facial recognition quality images,” according to the documents.

The documents reveal that the NSA is using new software to mine social media, emails, text messages and other digital communications for images. They also show the agency is capable of and interested in intercepting forms of communication beyond text and audio.

We need to stop listening to this traitor.

 

[Gonad the Barbarian]

 

[MongGrel]

No real surprise to begin with.

 

[TROLLERCAUST]

The US government is a huge threath to freedom and peace around the world. Obama is a fucking evil wise and beautiful woman who should die imho. All it takes is one bullet.

If you advocate the assassination of our President again, your posting privileges will be permanently terminated and your info turned over to the Secret Service. Take a week off and reconsider what you post.

Perknose
Forum Director

Hey jerkface,
Ooohhh the Secret Service. Scary. This really what America has become? You've become what the commies or nazies couldn't even have imagined. Turn you over to the Secret Service? You realise how fucking stupid that sounds? Fuck off with your nonsense.

Also they've already got my info. So whatevs...

 

[Jaskalas]

Your face is turned into a record set in a database. Your phone can ID it in seconds, we don't even need the NSA. Before long, any photo you've ever been in will be public knowledge.

 

[Genx87]

We need to stop listening to this traitor.

You are a clown.

 

[MongGrel]

The US government is a huge threath to freedom and peace around the world. Obama is a fucking evil wise and beautiful woman who should die imho. All it takes is one bullet.

Yeah, ok Finland be glad the Nazis didn't get ya.

 

[TROLLERCAUST]

Yeah, ok Finland be glad the Nazis didn't get ya.

wat

 

[MustISO]

I've assumed they've been doing this for year. Not troubled by this revelation.

 

[ivwshane]

The shift in thinking still hasn't occurred people are still willing to trade privacy for "security".

The next terrorist attack from a non angry white male will really shake things up.

 

[FXi]

Not bothered by it. Fact is that casinos are doing this already and have a lot larger database. All you did was walk in the door.

Anyway, not worried. Welcome to the modern world where data is everywhere.