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Lawmakers call on ICE to halt use of facial recognition application The technology reportedly allows ICE to identify individuals they encounter on the streets using multiple federal databases.

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There’s no opt-out, no warrant requirement, and almost no oversight. In a nation built on personal freedom, the idea that the government can identify, track, and store your data simply by pointing a phone at your face should alarm everyone citizens and non-citizens alike.

This is a turning point a shift toward biometric policing becoming a part of everyday American life. The same surveillance systems once confined to airports and borders are now appearing in neighborhoods, workplaces, and public demonstrations.

and even logs GPS coordinates of where the scan occurred. ICE has provided almost no details about how errors are handled or whether individuals are notified of false matches, and there’s no clear policy limiting who can access or share that data once it’s collected.

Leaked internal documents reveal that the app can cross-reference a captured image against hundreds of millions of stored photos in systems like the Traveler Verification Service and the Automated Biometric Identification System, databases originally designed for border control but now deployed

a tool that allows agents to scan a person’s face or take contactless fingerprints directly from a smartphone. The app connects in real time to massive federal biometric databases, including those used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, to verify identity and immigration status instantly.

Our Constitution guarantees a right to privacy, yet that right is being steadily eroded by the Trump administration’s expanding surveillance powers. ICE has quietly introduced a new mobile app called Mobile Fortify,

What makes this especially alarming is the system’s reach and permanence. Mobile Fortify is capable of storing facial images and fingerprint scans for up to 15 years, regardless of a person’s immigration or citizenship status. Each scan can pull up personal data (photo, date of birth, nationality)

deep inside the country. If the algorithm flags someone as “not a U.S. citizen,” agents can override traditional proof of citizenship, even something as official as a birth certificate, in favor of whatever the system reports. And those scanned have no right to refuse, including U.S. citizens.

Let’s talk about ICE. This post is long, but it’s worth reading to understand how to protect your right to privacy.

It might sound extreme, but everyday Americans may soon want to consider face coverings for reasons far beyond health or fashion.

Goodnight and Good luck, Usha Vance!

Instead of confronting his scandalous embrace with Erika Kirk, or the reality that MAGA rejects his Indian American wife and family, JD Vance has decided to spend Halloween trolling America.

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There are multiple folks who I know personally at work who are looking for jobs overseas and/or already have interviews.

It’s the gateway drug to flat earth.

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ICE is a domestic terrorist organization.

Stephen Miller Reminds Picky-Eater Son That There Starving Kids In Basement

The print version of @theonion.com is worth every dime.

Let them eat shit

This gentleman knows what he’s talking about…

Stephen Miller is dressing as himself for Halloween. 👈

Voyager 1's Pale Blue Dot - NASA Science The Pale Blue Dot is an iconic photograph of Earth taken on Feb. 14, 1990, by NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft.

As real as you are.

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Earth, 13 minutes ago as seen from Space 🌍
This must have been taken over Washington DC

One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.

I never made it out of the House.

Fox peering out from the brush and fallen branches.

Shy Fox

The Onion: ICE Agent, 7-Year-Old Both Wearing Same ‘Military Commando’ Halloween Costume

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It’s getting harder and harder to avoid concluding that the people who keep voting for shitty people are shitty people themselves.

I'm all for this, where do I sign!
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My last Halloween as a Controller.

Time for a (Nintendo) Switch.

Killing In The Name

Fuck you, I won’t do what you tell me! 🖤🤘🖤

#musicsky

Seriously wtf are we doing here