Haunting 'Demon Faces' Show What It's Like to Have Rare Distorted Face Syndrome

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A 58-year-old man with a rare medical condition sees faces normally on screens and paper, but in person, they take on a demonic quality. The patient has a unique case of prosopometamorphopsia (PMO), a condition that causes peoples’ faces to appear distorted, reptilian, or otherwise inhuman.

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Clearview AI scraped 30 billion images from Facebook and gave them to cops: it puts everyone into a 'perpetual police line-up'

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FILE - Hoan Ton-That, CEO of Clearview AI, demonstrates the company's facial recognition software using a photo of himself in New York on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022. In a Monday, May 9, 2022 legal filing, the company has agreed to restrict the use of its massive collection of face images to settle allegations that it collected people's photos without their consent.

A New York grocery store is using biometrics including eye scanners and voice prints to identify repeat shoplifters. Some shoppers say that's creepy — even if it deters theft.

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A delivery worker wearing a face mask rides by a Fairway supermarket in Kips Bay in March 2021. The grocer's yellow sign and dark green awnings are visible.
New York City grocer Fairway is using facial recognition technology at a Manhattan store in a move to catch shoplifters.

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A $400 sweater tricks facial-recognition cameras into thinking you're a zebra or a giraffe to protect your privacy, its maker says

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The Manifesto Collection was designed to highlight the value of privacy.

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