cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/977608

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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[–] 115 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I'm sure this is completely accurate technology and isn't racist in any way. /S

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Well, maybe not the Indy 500, but probably would flag the Gran Prix since that's not 'MURICAN!

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Because ICE knows that Trump ain't gonna be alive for a whole lot longer, so they're trying to beat the clock in their quest to remove everyone who isn't a White Christian Evangelical from the country. It's a race against time, ergo it's racism.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Dunno how many migrants are white christians? Like if color gives any reason to halt someone over another its wrong, but I don't think there are millions of icelandic people in USA? Statistically it makes no sense.

    I'm not American btw

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  • [–] 55 points 1 year ago

    Looks like Palantir's shit is already in action...

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Considering that the US still does not have any kind of working national census, and only relies of the deeply flawed social security system for a national ID database, I wonder how accurate this system is

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It's not, but it might be enough to reduce the ridiculously high number of erroneous kidnappings detentions. Not that they give enough of a fuck to be embarrassed by their ineptitude, but even they recognize that screwing up so much only serves to give their critics (additional) legitimacy.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    They probably just use Facebook + LinkedIn or other public databases. I remember a project on hackaday of someone who did something similar and found with some basic programming, it's definitely possible to get some matches. But that was years ago.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Bear in mind what AOC told us about the "Big Beautiful Bill". ICE now has a bigger budget than the FBI, DEA and Bureau of Prisons combined. After they zip-tie you and throw you in the van they can light their Cuban cigars with $100 bills.

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  • [–] 23 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    Decline to use facial rec at airports due to this shit

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Decline? You think you have a choice?

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    You actually explicitly do have a choice

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  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Just imagining this and laughing. "Actually gestapo, it's my right to not be disappeared against my will!"

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    You idiot. I said in my post "decline at the airport" - meaning decline when the TSA asks to do it at airport security Not when ICE tries to take picture on a street

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  • [–] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    You think TSA (a part of DHS) and ICE (also a part of DHS) are somehow disconnected and not working hand in hand towards the same exact goal?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    "Yes, you can opt out of TSA facial recognition"

    https://www.travelandleisure.com/how-to-opt-out-tsa-facial-recognition-at-airport-11726739

    You can opt out at the airport. That's a fact. Not sure how that relates to whatever you're saying but doesn't matter because whatever you are saying is not relevant to the conversation.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago*

    What a shame it'd be if the app/database got hacked and everything got deleted so ICE couldn't identify anyone /s

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Hello Americans... welcome to the forth Reich!

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I predict it being ubiquitous one day, where everyone has the ability to id others. It's already a thing in los Angeles. Also, I was just reading about how a person's gait can be used to identify someone, so wearing a mask won't be enough. Technology is just gonna get better.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago

    Using facial id software on people while wearing a fucking mask. What happened, guys?! I thought you couldn't breathe under there!

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    I thought they didn't care about the identity and just kidnapped whoever they felt like. Do they really need this?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago

    Wear Juggalo make up. Doubt they are using depth perception. Since that data would probably not be available.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Got it. So everyone wears cardboard cut out masks.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    time for every immigrant to change style, grow a beard/shave it, change hair cut. start using makeup.

    question, would that work?

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    What would happen if these people started those bleaching tablets, like MJ used...

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago*

    That just makes me wanna wear my nondescript ball cap & aviators with a medical mask.

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  • [+] -19 points 1 year ago (3 children)
  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I've no idea what that latter sentence was supposed to mean, but here's an unpaywalled version for you.

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