@ferricoxide It's even worse than #NorthKorea, because Pyongyang doesn't demand you to provide you with all your #AntisocialMedia, #Fingerprints and #DNA nor do they reject people with a valid visa purely out of vibes...

  • The only other nation that legally doesn't guarantee entry with a valid visa is #Japan but unlike the #USA I can't find stories where they rejected entry based off things that would've invalidated a visa anyway (i.e. past ban of entry, criminal conviction or unpaid fines, using forged documents, ...)
    • Whereas the #US always mistreated travelers to the point that people with all the valid permits were treated worse than Inmates in a German Prison at Immigrations, with "trigger-happy" TSA & CPB personnel looking for reasons to flatline them - and that was in the early-to-mid - 2000s!
Via #LLRX @psuPete Recommends - Weekly highlights on cyber security issues, 2/28/ 26. 5 highlights: #DHS Wants a Single #SearchEngine to Flag Faces & #Fingerprints Across Agencies; #LinkedIn #ID #verification data will likely be shared with third parties; AI controls are coming to #Firefox; EMeta Employee Shares #OpenClaw #Email Deletion Nightmare; and This #App Warns You if Someone Is Wearing #SmartGlasses Nearby. #privacy #surveillance #privacy #flock #facialrecognition https://www.llrx.com/2026/02/pete-recommends-weekly-highlights-on-cyber-security-issues-february-28-2026/

#DHS Wants a Single #SearchEngine to Flag Faces and #Fingerprints Across Agencies

#HomelandSecurity aims to combine its face and #fingerprint systems into one big #biometric platform—after dismantling centralized #privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.
#facialrecognition #ice #privacy #security #facerecognition #immigration #deportation

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-wants-a-single-search-engine-to-flag-faces-and-fingerprints-across-agencies/

DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies

Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.

WIRED

More shit that will be with us even when Trump is gone.

DHS Wants a Single Search Engine to Flag Faces and Fingerprints Across Agencies | WIRED

https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-wants-a-single-search-engine-to-flag-faces-and-fingerprints-across-agencies/

> Homeland Security aims to combine its face and fingerprint systems into one big biometric platform—after dismantling centralized privacy reviews and key limits on face recognition.

#DHS #biometrics #privacy #surveillance #faceRecognition #fingerprints

Duke Law: New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony. “The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law is excited to announce the launch of a new public resource: the Forensic Expert Evidence Database, a searchable collection of court decisions addressing when and how forensic expert testimony is admitted in criminal cases. The database […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/19/duke-law-new-database-documents-a-century-of-court-decisions-on-forensic-expert-evidence-testimony/
Duke Law: New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony

Duke Law: New Database Documents a Century of Court Decisions on Forensic Expert Evidence Testimony. “The Wilson Center for Science and Justice at Duke Law is excited to announce the launch o…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

4. If you want to understand what US wanted from #Germany in 2006 when it comes to access to #fingerprintDatabases, read this #WikiLeaks cable

#EnhancedBorderSecurityPartnership won't allow #USDeptHomelandSecurity and #ICE to access just #fingerprints!

https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06BERLIN1570_a.html

HISTORY: The First Fingerprints Used in US Court

https://peertube.gravitywell.xyz/w/8msb9znmqDJP2HdUXsaGWW

HISTORY: The First Fingerprints Used in US Court

PeerTube

The State of Anti-Surveillance Design

To outsmart #surveillance systems, it’s helpful to understand them. #Facialrecognition —which identifies an individual face—works differently from #biometric scans that look at a person’s #iris or #fingerprints , & those systems work diff from #ALPR , which could in theory match an individual’s movements to a car through a DB. & consumer-level facial recognition systems, like #Pimeyes , operate using diff #algorithms & DB
#privacy

https://www.404media.co/the-state-of-anti-surveillance-design/

The State of Anti-Surveillance Design

The most effective surveillance-evading gear might already be in your closet.

404 Media