FBI partners with Amazon AI to hunt down illicit activities?

[Aus_Schwaben]

FBI enlists Amazon Rekognition AI surveillance tech

Honestly, it sounds like a fun time

www.theregister.com

Any bets on whether or not they will bust more actual criminals than "insurrectionists"?

 

[BigRed]

So far, the only facial recognition the system correctly matches is that of fbi clowns:

 

[Otto_Mation]

I wonder if they will be listening in on Alexa devices.

 

[kbaxter60]

I wonder if they will be listening in on Alexa devices.

No doubt. But where is the facial recognition coming in? We order from them once in a while, but I don't think we ever submitted a selfie, we don't use webcams...are they scraping from social media? What?

 

[Tnhawk]

I wonder if they will be listening in on Alexa devices.

I've survived over 70 years without Alexa, no need to change now.

 

[MountainGirl]

I wonder if they will be listening in on Alexa devices.

Is that a real question?

 

[Otto_Mation]

Is that a real question?

Yes. A sarcastic one.

 

[Nicholst55]

Maybe they can clean up some of the **MANY** counterfeit Chinesium products that Amazon sells.

 

[MountainGirl]

FBI enlists Amazon Rekognition AI surveillance tech

Honestly, it sounds like a fun time

www.theregister.com

Any bets on whether or not they will bust more actual criminals than "insurrectionists"?

NSA says Hold My Beer -

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2024/jan/25/nsa-secretly-buying-americans-data-without-warrant/

 

[striker55]

Probably watching the post's on here.

 

[wiredgeorge]

Maybe they can clean up some of the **MANY** counterfeit Chinesium products that Amazon sells.

I should probably sign up for a TikTok account and ask there....

 

[General Zod]

I feel safer already...

 

[Ausländer]

Oh it's not just Alexa or your Amazon shopping cart.

"Rekognition can also search for objects in image and video libraries and detect "inappropriate, unwanted, or offensive content," among other capabilities."

Companies owned by Amazon today:

There are many Amazon subsidiaries, including:

• MGM Holdings (including MGM Studios)
• Whole Foods
• Zappos
• Ring
• Shopbop
• Twitch
• IMDb
• Goodreads
• Woot
• AbeBooks
• PillPack
• Goodthreads

Do you have any of these apps on your phone, tablet, computer? If so, they they are collecting data on your browsing history, your location, IP, searches, etc...

"Free" products/apps means they are data mining your info...