#clearview

There’s a new kind of checkpoint in America.

You don’t have to cross a border to end up in a border database.

ICE’s new facial recognition app, Mobile Fortify, scans, stores, and identifies faces in real time. All with no consent, no warrant, no way to delete your data.

FOIA documents show it keeps every photo, citizen or not, for 15 years.

Welcome to One Nation Under Surveillance.

Canadian road signs traditionally used Highway Gothic (1948), officially designated "the Standard Alphabets For Traffic Control Devices", which was originally established by the US Federal Highway Administration and is now used by many different countries.

But some newer signs have started using Clearview (2003) instead, which is supposedly more legible.

There's also some other fonts that have been used on a small minority of signs, like Helvetica (1957) and apparently even Century Schoolbook (1924). (I'd like to see a photo of that one.)

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52. Just Like Heinz

Some miscellaneous things I forgot to include.

Image 1: Wrong Sign AND Wrong side of street, double whammy.

Image 2: Further proof of Californication.

Image 3: Nonserious, nonstandard, remaster fodder. It's fine.

Image 4: Why is the "F" capitalized? The road is called "Southface Drive". Did it used to be "South Face Drive"? do do do do x files theme conspiracy confirmed

Image 5: That's fun, add a little bit of life to the world. Sign does not pass inspection anymore. For Seacrest DOT's sake, let's hope the sigh has the graffiti-resistant laminate finish.

Image 6: Remaster fodder.

Image 7: Business entrance on an interstate? Big no-no.

Image 8: I've heard of crash-rated, but this is ridiculous! If you get even a little close to signs in this game, the signs get disturbed and fall down. Even AI do this, and it causes them to hit it and slam on the brakes. Does not pass inspection, because when inspection was being performed, the signs fell down in a slight breeze.

Conclusion

The road signs generally make sense, especially when only considering signs from the base game. However, many of them are nonstandard and non-compliant. Does any of this matter? No, not really. It's a video game from 2010, not a warning of imminent death.

Side note: This game is beautiful for being 15 years old, even before the remaster's few and far improvements. I also love the little details the map design team put in, little bits of life, in-universe brands and such. It makes Seacrest County feel like a real place you could go to. I also like 95% of the songs on the soundtrack, it's very nice and definitely has influenced my taste in music. Can you tell that I like this game?

Marko Kiss 💋💜

How do you live so gracefully

And would you show me

How can I save the child in me

A world a child would see

How do you fall so gracefully

Serenity

In a shattered world

The Child in Me

Clearview AI, the notorious facial recognition company, is poised to settle a lawsuit that includes virtually everyone—including you.

If you’ve been on social media between 2017 and now, you are most likely involved in this case, and you can help make sure Clearview doesn't get off easy. Take action now and reject this Clearview settlement and opt out.