It's called Clearview AI. It is a start-up that has created a revolutionary facial recognition app, capable - says the New York Times - of "ending privacy as we know it". The application allows you to trace from a single photo of a person to all the public photos of the person concerned or the person concerned, including the links of where the photos appear. A powerful tool that "goes beyond what ever created by the American government or the giants of Silicon Valley".
The app's description by the New York Times comes as the European Union is considering banning facial recognition in public places for up to five years, until rules are established to protect privacy. The police in the United States, but also the FBI and the Department for National Security, already use the Clearview application, with which they can potentially identify anyone while managing to get their hands on their information. Clearview was founded by Hoan Ton-That and Richard Schwartz, one of Rudolph Giuliani's advisors when he was Mayor of New York. Among his initial financial supporters is Peter Thiel, the billionaire behind Facebook and Palantir.