“Kassy Zanjani, a resident of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, didn’t realize anything was off when a stranger struck up a casual conversation during a night out earlier this year — until a friend later sent her a viral video of the encounter that had racked up tens of thousands of views.”

“In a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the coalition urged the company to scrap plans for facial-recognition technology that would allow users to identify strangers in real time.”

“An investigation by Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten found that footage captured on the devices can include people using the bathroom, undressing and even having sex — often without realizing they were being recorded.”

“Workers in Kenya told the newspapers they regularly see “everything — from living rooms to naked bodies,” describing a steady stream of intimate clips from users who appear unaware their private moments are being captured and analyzed.”

“The contractors said the videos sometimes expose highly sensitive information, including bank cards, private conversations and explicit content.”