New from 404 Media: ICE is using a new facial recognition app to identify people, leaked emails show. Point camera at person, reveal their identity. It uses the CBP system that records peoples' faces as they enter or exit the U.S. Now, turned inwards to be used by ICE https://www.404media.co/ice-is-using-a-new-facial-recognition-app-to-identify-people-leaked-emails-show/
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show

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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Well then, everyone should go about with their faces masked as if they are part of the government gestapo.
@josephcox i wonder what the failure rate is on that facial recognition tech. i bet it's high.

@arrrg @josephcox

You might think that might be deliberate, at least in use, if not by design.

@401matthall @arrrg @josephcox And it's often more buggy for non-white faces.

@baconandcoconut

Yeah, again, that's an engineering mistake (perhaps? At least it's a failure to do inclusive testing) but in deployment I feel like that's _the_ point.

@josephcox @huertanix But *they* wear face-covering...
@josephcox Those pictures they take at the airport that they claim will be immediately deleted? Of course.
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@josephcox Geez! Is this data being fed every time I stand in line at the airport? or just when I go through customs?
@josephcox these obnoxious animals belong in a cage.
@josephcox They are going to be making the sad face when they realize the face they are trying to ID is the bore of a pistol.
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