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Cato Weekly Podcast • March 10, 2020 

# Clearview and the Cops 

A tech company promises to link up photos of unknown people with their presence on the web for private clients and police. What does that mean for privacy, and for how police do their jobs? Matthew Feeney comments.

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[![VIDEO: Clearview AI and You](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/4957480/f34ea05f-0613-47a2-aa29-9e7322cf6473.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/4957480/f34ea05f-0613-47a2-aa29-9e7322cf6473) hbspt.cta.load(4957480, 'f34ea05f-0613-47a2-aa29-9e7322cf6473', {}); Facial recognition can be useful, but without the right protections and restrictions, it’s a surveillance nightmare.

[![Facial Recognition Technology Is Getting out of Control ](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/4957480/c88bd2e4-8d98-4ed5-a6d3-d5b34601373b.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/4957480/c88bd2e4-8d98-4ed5-a6d3-d5b34601373b) hbspt.cta.load(4957480, 'c88bd2e4-8d98-4ed5-a6d3-d5b34601373b', {}); Technology may be moving faster than the law, but that’s not a reason for officials to resign themselves to an inevitable world where the abolition of privacy is the price of a social life.

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##### [Matthew Feeney](/people/matthew-feeney)

Head of Technology and Innovation, Centre for Policy Studies

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##### [Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute