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Samsung teams up with Glance to use your face in AI-generated lock screen ads (arstechnica.com)
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Just a little bit more privacy invasion. C'mon, juuuust a little.. 'till you no longer notice.

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[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 63 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Glance says it will retain the biometric data used to create your digital avatar for 12 months from your last interaction with the service or until you manually delete your account. The company claims that your images won't be used for any other purpose or shared with third parties without your consent.

Thousands of pictures of regular people's faces, not just professional models, is valuable data. They're definitely selling that shit or using it for their own AI training.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

OK, so the people making these claims are filing a GDPR complaint, right?

Being paranoid online is not useful at all. This isn't great as it is:

We've looked over Glance's AI privacy policy, and nothing stands out as unusual for the tech industry (which still isn't good). By using the service, you agree to some tracking, including your general location, and some of that data will be shared with partners. However, this all feels a bit more creepy when a service is churning out AI images of you.

...but if you think on top of everything else they are lying about selling your personally identifiable info that is a GDPR violation (and a violation of privacy laws in multiple other territories) and you should immediately file a complaint. Because it is illegal. And yes, it will get investigated and a fine will be set. GDPR violations are constantly being flagged and fined.

[–] BrianTheeBiscuiteer@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Can a non-EU citizen file? You may have mistaken me for someone with sane governance.

[–] Vinstaal0@feddit.nl 2 points 2 days ago

Do you have the portrait right? or some other kind of right that is being harmed by this feature? if so yes you can file a complaint and/or sue them.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

I mean, I don't know which US you are from or what privacy rules run there (and I'm curious to know if you do), but I'm sure one of the 450 million people protected by GDPR can give you a hand submitting a form if you're patient about asking individually to all of them. And you still get a bunch of people in a bunch of other countries with similar legislation to try after.

One may say you're kinda missing the point there.