Videos on social media show officers from ICE and CBP using facial recognition technology on people in the field. One expert described the practice as “pure dystopian creep.”

He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

    • MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world
      4·
      4 days ago

      Presumably, the right people are compiling that data now, to get ahead of the inevitable frantic attempt to scrub the records.

    • ayyy@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      4 days ago

      They literally aren’t getting paid. That’s how shitty and racist they are. They’re willing to ruin their lives for free, on the odd chance they get to zip tie little girls.