Smart glasses and the new DHS surveillance budget
The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget justification lays out an expansive biometric and identity tech…
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Lawmakers press DHS, ICE over Palantir surveillance tools
A group of congressional Democrats is demanding that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) explain how they are using Palantir-developed…
U.S. House lawmakers move to codify DHS biometric screening abroad
U.S. Reps. Michael McCaul and Henry Cuellar, both from Texas, reintroduced the BITMAP Authorization Act, a bipartisan bill that would…
US, EU move toward landmark biometric data sharing deal
The U.S. and European Union are in formal talks over a biometric data-sharing arrangement that could give the Department of…
Leaked records and smart glasses expose DHS surveillance drift
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is no longer just testing surveillance technology at the edges. It has built a…
CBP moves to modernize fingerprinting at national scale
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is preparing to hire a single contractor to run a nationwide electronic fingerprinting program…
DHS quietly built pathway to track Americans through advertising data economy
For years, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) quietly experimented with turning the digital advertising ecosystem into a surveillance tool….
Patent lawsuit challenges DHS deployment of integrated biometric surveillance tools
Florida-based SecureNet Solutions Group, LLC, has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its enforcement components…
DHS wants more than biometrics in US-EU data sharing agreement
EU travelers to the U.S. could potentially find themselves at the mercy of algorithms. A new draft of the U.S.-EU…
Class action challenges DHS’ use of facial recognition against protesters
A class action lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine accuses Homeland Security Secretary Kristi…
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