Have you forgotten the NSA? You probably already know that the photos you are not safe when uploading them to thenetwork. Until now there was the fear of some malicious user taking them, and editing them with photoshop adding or removing things to expose you. But from today you should also think about the NSA in case you forgot about it.
Of course, no surprise anymore, after a year-long shocking revelations about the actions of the service. But the new leaked today is that the agency collects with a global system only photographs to use in a sophisticated face recognition program.
According to The New York Times, NSA takes advantage of the photos it collects with face recognition technology along with emails, text messages, social networking conversations, teleconferencing and all kinds of communication in general.
Documents leaked by Edward Snowden show that agency officials are convinced that facial recognition technology could revolutionize the way the NSA tracks information for its goals around the world.
A file leaked today dates back to 2011 and shows the service collecting millions pictures every day, which uses them with a facial recognition software.
So pay attention not only to the photos, but to every information you upload on the internet. No one can guarantee that they will not fall into the hands of a malicious user, or end up in the database of a self-proclaimed "protector."
But so much protection now….
