My mind is officially blown - One company does over 50% of all school photos in America and over 25% of school photos globally - It was acquired by investment firm owned by BlackRock and Vanguard - They’re the top shareholders of a company who the CEO was a primary investor of a company who’s been sued multiple times for scrapping facial data to build their AI's learning database. The illegal use of facial images without consent “To be fair, maybe this whole connection is a bit of a stretch, but in the end, it really is one big company that runs everything. Using your childhood photos to train a facial recognition deep learning database to eventually establish a global mass surveillance state that is constantly watching your every move from the second you enter this world — That's who took your school photos”