Photo storage app Ever is using millions of users' photos to build a facial recognition system

An investigation by NBC News has found that photo memories app Ever has been using billions of images uploaded by people to develop a facial recognition system without making it obvious to users. Ever is a photo storage app that offers 'free, unlimited private backup of all your life's memories'. It's not until you delve into the company's privacy policy that you learn that in using the service, users are agreeing not only to have their photos used in facial recognition training, but also for Ever to sell the resulting technology to private companies, law enforcement agencies and the military.… [Continue Reading]