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OkCupid gave 3 million dating-app photos to facial recognition firm, FTC says
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<p class="card-text line-clamp-3">OkCupid and Match settle with Trump FTC, don't have to pay any financial penalty.</p>
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</div></p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/InfoSec" rel="tag">#<span>InfoSec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" rel="tag">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FacialRecognition" rel="tag">#<span>FacialRecognition</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3960a6a6-d97e-42c6-96c6-934e726a3e76/the-ftc-said-okcupid-and-match-shared-nearly-3-million-user-photos-with-clarifai-in-2014-along-with-location-and-demographic-data-without-telling-users-or-offering-an-opt-out.</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:16:35 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3960a6a6-d97e-42c6-96c6-934e726a3e76.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 21:08:42 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The FTC said OkCupid and Match shared nearly 3 million user photos with Clarifai in 2014, along with location and demographic data, without telling users or offering an opt-out. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:11:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/technotenshi%40infosec.exchange">@<span>technotenshi</span></a></span> most of those pictures were AI-generated anyway</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/hajovonta/statuses/116328435838518935</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/hajovonta/statuses/116328435838518935</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[hajovonta@mastodon.online]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:11:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The FTC said OkCupid and Match shared nearly 3 million user photos with Clarifai in 2014, along with location and demographic data, without telling users or offering an opt-out. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:40:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/ralfmaximus%40mastodon.social">@<span>ralfmaximus</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/cstamp%40mastodon.social">@<span>CStamp</span></a></span> This, <img src="https://board.circlewithadot.net/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f4af.png?v=28325c671da" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--100" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="💯" alt="💯" /></p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi/statuses/116327134309676402</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/technotenshi/statuses/116327134309676402</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[technotenshi@infosec.exchange]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:40:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The FTC said OkCupid and Match shared nearly 3 million user photos with Clarifai in 2014, along with location and demographic data, without telling users or offering an opt-out. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:00:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/cstamp%40mastodon.social">@<span>CStamp</span></a></span> <span><a href="/user/technotenshi%40infosec.exchange">@<span>technotenshi</span></a></span> </p><p>Alas, the settlement probably immunizes them against any further litigation from anyone.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ralfmaximus/statuses/116326977704330531</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ralfmaximus/statuses/116326977704330531</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[ralfmaximus@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 02:00:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The FTC said OkCupid and Match shared nearly 3 million user photos with Clarifai in 2014, along with location and demographic data, without telling users or offering an opt-out. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:45:59 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/technotenshi%40infosec.exchange">@<span>technotenshi</span></a></span> so they get told not to do the thing they already did?  But again?  Wtf.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/numbercrow/statuses/116326921656969613</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/numbercrow/statuses/116326921656969613</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[numbercrow@techhub.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:45:59 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to The FTC said OkCupid and Match shared nearly 3 million user photos with Clarifai in 2014, along with location and demographic data, without telling users or offering an opt-out. on Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:31:54 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/technotenshi%40infosec.exchange">@<span>technotenshi</span></a></span> Wow, they don’t even have to remove data? I hope this is followed up with a class action suit by users.</p>]]></description><link>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116326866280461218</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CStamp/statuses/116326866280461218</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[cstamp@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:31:54 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>