CBP expands mobile facial recognition to local police through new app
On Monday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) quietly rolled out a new mobile face-scanning app called Mobile Identify for…
Articles By Anthony Kimery
Anthony Kimery is the former Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Homeland Security Today. He managed the magazine, daily online news operations and wrote the award-winning "Kimery Report," which covered a broad spectrum of HS-related issues, from public health preparedness to intelligence collection. He has 30-plus years of broad institutional knowledge and expertise in homeland/national security matters and issues as an editor, analyst, and consultant. He also serves as Advisory Board Member of Mississippi College’s Center for Counterterrorism Studies.
USCIS expands program to verify voter citizenship using partial social security numbers
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced Monday that states may now use the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program…
Senators demand ICE halt use of Mobile Fortify app amid growing privacy concerns
For the second time, Senator Edward J. Markey – now joined by three other senators – wrote Monday to Immigration…
Pimeyes responds to US senator’s claims of enabling ICE doxing
When Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee turned her attention to PimEyes, a facial search engine that lets anyone upload…
USCIS seeks to revive, broaden biometric data collection for immigrants
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) today published a sweeping new proposed rule that…
US lawmaker presses Amazon to drop facial recognition plan for Ring
Senator Edward J. Markey, a senior member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, is urging Amazon to…
Trump administration expands facial recognition while erasing oversight policy
The Trump administration quietly erased a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy on facial recognition from its public website while…
NYPD faces federal lawsuit over alleged unconstitutional citywide surveillance
A new federal lawsuit accuses the New York City Police Department (NYPD) of operating an unconstitutional mass surveillance system that…
American companies fed China’s growing surveillance network, report shows
Aided by U.S. government programs, for years, U.S. firms have sold or enabled technology that feeds China’s surveillance state. An…
GSA awards $177 million contract to modernize federal identity system
The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a contract worth up to $177.2 million to XTec Inc. for the modernization…
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