Reverse-Lookup Service Exposed Millions of Photos of People’s Faces
People-search service ClarityCheck exposed a database with more than 9 million facial image files despite marketing its reverse lookup as private and secure.
WIRED reports that ClarityCheck, a people-search tool offering reverse image lookup, left a database containing more than 9 million image files of people's faces exposed. The company markets the service as private and secure. The exposure affects millions of individuals whose facial photos could be linked to their identities.
- Over 9 million facial image files left exposed
- ClarityCheck markets its reverse lookup as private and secure
- Exposed facial photos create identification and doxxing risks
- Vendors
- ClarityCheck
- Products
- ClarityCheck reverse lookup
- Victims
- ClarityCheck users
- Organizations
- ClarityCheck
From the original article
The people-search tool ClarityCheck says its reverse image search service is “private and secure”—but it left a database containing more than 9 million image files exposed.
By Lily Hay Newman, Matt Burgess · wired.com
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