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OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says (arstechnica.com)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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The FTC said that “OkCupid provided the third party with access to nearly three million OkCupid user photos as well as location and other information without placing any formal or contractual restrictions on how the information could be used.” OkCupid “did not inform consumers or give them the chance to opt out of such sharing,” the FTC said.

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[+] -6 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Well, it's not like you put your face in there to be hidden. Your photos are explicitely public. They just sold them an easier way for collecting the pics, but a simple scraper would have collected (and probably many are right now) the images.

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