An internal DHS document shows CBP used location data sourced from the online ad industry to track phone locations; ICE has bought access to similar tools
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought data from the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' precise movements over time …
An internal DHS document shows CBP used location data sourced from the online ad industry to track phone locations; ICE has bought access to similar tools
An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.
The US DHS confirms NEC is the vendor that sold Mobile Fortify, a facial recognition app used by federal immigration agents to identify people, to CBP and ICE
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
DHS reveals that NEC is the vendor that sold Mobile Fortify, a facial recognition app used by federal immigration agents to identify people in the field, to CBP
Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info
Even visitors from countries like Britain and France, whose citizens don't need visas, would have to share five years' worth of social media.
CBP data: between April and June 2025, CBP searched 14,899 devices carried by international travelers, up from a record 12,766+ between January and March 2022
Customs and Border Protection agents searched nearly 15,000 devices from April through June of this year, a nearly 17 percent spike …
Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act requires all new US border surveillance towers to be “autonomous”, effectively granting Anduril a monopoly on tower contracts
Anduril Industries is a major beneficiary of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which includes a section that essentially grants … Bluesky: @jesspish , @mmasnick , @eff.org , and @sambiddle.com Bluesky: ...
How Trump closing CBP One, an app launched in 2020 to let immigrants schedule CBP asylum appointments, is a gift to Mexican cartels' smuggling operations
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Report: the US DHS finds that ICE, CBP, and the Secret Service illegally used phone location data; a CBP official tracked coworkers for no investigative purpose
In a bombshell report, an oversight body for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
A look at the CBP prioritizing facial recognition to verify ~85% of the 221K daily travelers entering the US, replacing passport lines and self-serve kiosks
More than 80 percent of all travelers entering the U.S. are now verified by facial recognition. The loss of older, seemingly more convenient methods has many perplexed. Tweets: @fabiochiusi Tweets: F...