Kashmir Hill

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Kashmir Hill
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Hill in 2013
Born (1981-03-05) March 5, 1981 (age 44)
OccupationJournalist
Notable worksYour Face Belongs to Us

Kashmir Hill (born March 5, 1981) is an American technology author and journalist for The New York Times . Her book Your Face Belongs to Us on the facial recognition technology of Clearview AI was published in September 2023.

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Career

In January 2020, Hill wrote an article for the New York Times about facial recognition company Clearview AI, describing the company's technology as flawed, which led to privacy-eroding and false arrests by law enforcement agencies due to its erroneous results. [1] In a November 2023 letter to Clearview CEO Hoan Ton-That regarding concerns about the company's collection of the public's biometric information, senator Ed Markey (D–MA) cited Hill's article in The New York Times. [2]

In September 2023, Hill authored the book Your Face Belongs to Us: A Secretive Startup's Quest to End Privacy as We Know It, [3] published by Random House ( ISBN   978-1-3985-0918-4). The book discusses Clearview AI's facial recognition technology, use by law enforcement and industry, and how it may threaten individuals' safety and privacy. The book was among the list of "Best books of 2023 – Technology" selected by John Thornhill, an editor with the Financial Times. [4] [5] It was shortlisted for the 2024 Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize. [6]

On March 11, 2024, the New York Times published a story authored by Hill in which she wrote about how automakers such as General Motors, Honda, Kia, and Hyundai were sharing driver data with data brokers like LexisNexis in violation of privacy policy. [7] On March 22, 2024, GM announced it was ending the practice. [8] According to her follow-up article on April 30, 2024, senators Ron Wyden (D–OR) and Ed Markey (D–MA) requested the Federal Trade Commission to investigate data sharing practices. [9]

Personal life

Hill and Trevor Timm as new parents in 2016 Kashmir Hill and Trevor Timm 2016 01.jpg
Hill and Trevor Timm as new parents in 2016

Hill is married to Trevor Timm, a journalist and co-founder of the Freedom of the Press Foundation. [10] [11] They have two daughters. [12] [13]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ↑ Hill, Kashmir (2020-01-18). "The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  2. ↑ https://www.markey.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/senator_markey_letter_to_clearview_ai_-_112023pdf.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. ↑ "Your Face Belongs to Us by Kashmir Hill: 9780593448564 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  4. ↑ "Best books of 2023 — Technology". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  5. ↑ "John Thornhill". www.ft.com. Retrieved 2025-11-11.
  6. 1 2 "Royal Society Trivedi Science Book Prize | Royal Society". royalsociety.org. 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  7. ↑ Hill, Kashmir (March 11, 2024). "Automakers Are Sharing Consumers' Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies". New York Times.
  8. ↑ Hill, Kashmir (March 22, 2024). "General Motors Quits Sharing Driving Behavior With Data Brokers". New York Times.
  9. ↑ Hill, Kashmir (2024-04-30). "'Smartphones on Wheels' Draw Attention From Regulators". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-05-01.
  10. ↑ Timm, Trevor (6 March 2022). "My Wife Tracked Me, for Journalism - The New York Times". New York Times . Archived from the original on 2022-03-06.
  11. ↑ "Trevor Timm". Freedom of the Press Fpundation . 16 June 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  12. ↑ Hill, Kashmir (7 October 2022). "This Is Life in the Metaverse (Published 2022)". The New York Times . Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  13. ↑ Timm, Trevor. "You know, I used to be quoted by name as an expert in the @nytimes . Now it's just "my husband" this, "my husband" that... 🙄🙄". X . Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  14. ↑ "2016 Best in Business Honorees". SABEW. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  15. ↑ "Making Technology Work for Your Reporting". National Press Foundation. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
  16. ↑ "Kashmir Hill and Surya Mattu, Gizmodo Media Group". National Press Foundation. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  17. ↑ "Times Wins 7 SABEW Awards". The New York Times Company. 2021-05-17. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
  18. ↑ "CSAW Cyber Journalism Award". CSAW. Retrieved 2024-10-25.
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