The state does not have enough hands to fight the witch in the information dump

European Union countries have already tried several times to fine an American company, Clearview, which offers an identity verification service to various law enforcement agencies using a huge bank of images collected from the web, Kristian Port reports in an Deepweb.net technical commentary.

Of all environmental waste, radioactive materials are probably the most feared. The risk is real and comparable to many risk factors. What makes this threat terrifying is its invisibility. Radioactive substances must be stored in high-security storage facilities. At the same time, there are several sources of radiation in the natural environment in the form of so-called background radiation. They are emitters in small quantities, influencing on their part the endless transformation of nature. No one considers them dangerous and does not call them pollution that threatens well-being.

Something similar happens with the data about the people left in the information space. Some of the information is valuable and is not subject to free dissemination. The storage of such information is regulated by laws and fenced off by walls, like radioactive waste.

On the other hand, in information space we deal with information garbage, resembling natural radioactive background. Contrary to the natural parallel, the concentration of information pollution is unfortunately increasing. A cookie here, a picture there, a comment in the third place doesn't seem to threaten anyone. Until someone decided to appreciate the free stuff.

Now they're miserable and angry. In Clearview's American business plan, public information is collected online, cleaned up, and packaged into valuable information. For example, if someone wants to know who is pictured in a random image, Clearview will provide a response with personal information, additional images and other information found online. Essentially, the company does the same thing as any other search engine, the difference being that their searches are focused on making money by finding people, not showing ads like Google or Bing do.