You've probably walked past dozens of cameras today. Security cameras, doorbell cameras, cameras built into streetlights and storefronts. Most people assume those cameras are just recording footage that nobody watches.

That's no longer true.

The cameras are now connected to software that can identify you in real time. Not just record your face identify you. It compares what it sees against databases of photos pulled from social media, public records, driver's licenses, and anywhere else your face has appeared online. In seconds it can return your name, your address, where you work, and who your family members are.

You never agreed to this. There was no form to sign. No opt-out button. Your face became searchable the moment you appeared in a photo online which for most people was years ago.