Internal emails: ICE is using Mobile Fortify, an app that uses facial recognition and fingerprint scanning via phone cameras to identify people in the field
www.404media.co/ice-is-using... [image] Ryan Teague Beckwith / @ryanbeckwith : The men wearing masks as they shove people in unmarked vans with swapped license plates are using a facial recognition a...
Privacy advocates leak hours of footage of Locate X, a global, warrantless phone tracking tool made by Babel Street and used by US agencies like ICE and CBP
This article was produced with support from the Capitol Forum. — On a computer screen a map shows the movements of smartphones around the globe.
FOIA docs: ICE used a tool called GOST to decide whether US visa applicants' social media posts are “derogatory” to the US, as part of immigration enforcement
Check out this @404mediaco story on social media surveillance docs obtained by our @ACLU_NorCal team + @ACLU. https://www.404media.co/... Terri K O / @terri@social.afront.org : This article on how the...
CBP scanned 23M+ people with facial recognition tech at airports, seaports, and pedestrian crossings in 2020, and reveals it caught zero imposters at airports
U.S. Customs and Border Protection scanned more than 23 million people in public places with facial recognition technology in 2020 Source: U.S. Customs and Border Protection . Tweets: @stilgherrian , ...
Documents show Google Cloud will be used for its AI capabilities by the CBP in conjunction with Anduril Industries' surveillance tech on the US-Mexico border
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DHS admits that 184K photos from a facial recognition pilot program were stolen from a CBP subcontractor and at least 19 were posted on the dark web last year
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CBP awards Anduril, founded by Palantir veterans and Palmer Luckey, a five-year contract to build a “virtual border wall” using mobile surveillance towers
don't let this rogue agency deploy more invasive technologies. https://twitter.com/... Drew Olanoff / @yoda : Peter Thiel strikes again. https://twitter.com/... Anna Giaritelli / @anna_giaritelli : Go...
CBP agents' and other closed Facebook Groups show how Facebook algorithms help racists, conspiracy theorists, and others find each other and recruit newbies
When private spaces bring bad actors together — It's been four months now since Facebook announced its intention to invest … Tweets: @tpcarney , @adam_k_levin , and @privacyproject Tweets: Tim Carne...
Until the US Biometric Exit Program prioritizes privacy and resolves technical and legal shortcomings, airport travelers should opt out of facial recognition
Last month, I was at Detroit's Metro Airport for a connecting flight to Southeast Asia. I listened as a Delta Air Lines staff … Tweets: @getdatacy , @wired , @laurenmurrow , @nxthompson , @tajhalanie...
CBP suspends a border-surveillance subcontractor from federal contracting after it was hacked and had data, including images of travelers' faces, posted online
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