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You can prevent people from making a profit on it... in the legal marketplace*, in the US/EU†.

You don't think people would pay serious crypto for access to this? Or that states with different "ethics" wouldn't pay for it?



Oh absolutely - Considering what clearview did was replicated by a few individual researchers, I'm sure any government or private entity that wants to build s system like this has.

But I think most people here would fight against those systems once discovered, and there's no reason to allow clearview to profit now.




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