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ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show (www.404media.co)
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The new tool, called Mobile Fortify, uses the CBP system which ordinarily takes photos of people when they enter or exit the U.S., according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. Now ICE is using it in the field.

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[–] 64 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Facial recognition gets more false positives on POC. This is just an excuse to lock up innocent people.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I went to look for this article about two black men who look similar, and found a recent case of similar looking men that were arrested, resulting in a dismissed conviction against one

    I don't think they look identical in pictures, personally, but am also aware of how faulty eyewitness testimony is

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