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Now that I'm on the topic of facial recognition, I haven't heard much from the backlash in the wake of Ring Cameras SuperBowl commercial and their ai "Search Party" feature to "find lost dogs"...have people been dumping their cameras en mass?
Truly out of black mirror.
Some TSA in the past actually thanked me for requesting to opt out.
Ending with: "Also, I appreciate you letting me know beforehand. Sometimes people ask me after the fact and yell at me."
I'd imagine not every TSA would be so understanding and I'd imagine these ICE agents will generally put up a hissy fit to not go the extra step and pull a power trip over US citizens.
https://www.newsweek.com/passenger-arrives-atlanta-airport-says-ice-full-control-11768260
Reminder: Its well within your rights to opt-out of facial recognition at US airports. When walking up to the ID check, go right to the attendant and tell them you'd like to opt out and show this printable card if needed.
Now that ICE is in charge of these positions, even more the reason to push back.
https://stateofsurveillance.org/guides/basic/tsa-facial-recognition-opt-out-guide/
"The short version: When you reach the TSA checkpoint and see the camera, say "I'd like to opt out of facial recognition." They'll verify your ID the old-fashioned way. No extra screening. No delay. No attitude. That's it.
65 Airports
By spring 2026, TSA facial recognition will be at 65 airports—up from 15 in 2025
99% Weren't Told
In tests, only 1% of passengers were verbally informed they could opt out
100x Error Rate
Asian and African-American travelers misidentified up to 100x more often than white men
Your Right
Opting out is legal and should not result in extra screening or delays"
#Ice #dhs #us #civilrights #privacy #facialrecognition #ai #atlanta #tsa
Note: Pig Butchering Scammers are really bad at translating to Spanish...
Scam text: "Hi Bill, this is Audrey. Want to come to my BBQ?"
Response: "Audrey, ¿por qué atropellaste a mi perro con tu coche? ¡Exijo una indemnización!"
Translation: "Audrey why did you hit my dog with your car?! I demand compensation!"
No Response back and less scam texts.
The ai pull requests on public repos these days are mind numbing. Do your best to protect yourself from burnout open source devs. Yikes.
Not sure how often this map is updated, but it does a good job displaying just how many data centers are currently being built and waiting for approval. The Boardman datacenter hasn't been added to the set yet.
The Port of Morrow datacenter in Eastern Oregon is currently in a lawsuit noting their depleting impact on the regions water table and the nitrates concentrating within it.
https://www.opb.org/article/2026/03/31/amazon-fine-northeast-oregon-boardman-nitrate-pollution-well/
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/30/climate/data-centers-are-having-an-underrported
The Google datacenter in The Dalles are pushing to utilize further water resources from Mount Hood National Forest as they build out the structure for more output.
Now an 'exascale' datacenter is in the works in Boardman, OR for Amazon, 80 miles East of The Dalles Google datacenter - both on the Columbia river.
These don't bring economic outputs to the region, they rely on massive tax cuts, they are massive burdens to the local environment, they promise job growth but only sustain paltry numbers...yet they continue to be built.
https://futurism.com/the-byte/billionaire-constant-ai-surveillance
Larry Ellison of Oracle:
"As Business Insider reports, the tech centibillionaire glibly predicts that the wonders of AI will bring about a new paradigm of supercharged surveillance, guaranteeing that the proles — excuse us, “citizens” — all behave and stay in line.
“We’re going to have supervision,” Ellison said this week at an Oracle financial analysts meeting, per BI. “Every police officer is going to be supervised at all times, and if there’s a problem, AI will report that problem and report it to the appropriate person.”
“Citizens will be on their best behavior,” he added, “because we are constantly recording and reporting everything that’s going on.”"
I'm just going to guess Ellison has stock in Flock, Palantir, and Ring Cameras...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwsSbAKs3yo
To this day, that has to be one of the oddest morning shows in existence. The junkie puppet was a nice touch. Almost like it was dreamt up from one of Elliott's nightmare dreams.
