FBI, DIA pressed on purchases of Americans’ phone location data
A long-running fight over the government’s purchase of Americans’ phone location data resurfaced Wednesday at the Senate Select Committee on…
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Senators press Meta on facial recognition plans for smart glasses
Three U.S. Democratic senators are demanding answers from Meta over reports that the company plans to add facial recognition to…
Trump cyber plan leaves identity gap unresolved
The White House’s new cyber strategy sketches out an aggressive vision for U.S. cyber power, one that blends offensive operations,…
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…
Medicare beneficiaries get new online identity verification options
The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that is rolling out what it calls enhanced login options…
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…
US Treasury’s crypto playbook puts digital identity at the center
The U.S. Department of Treasury’s just released report to Congress on innovative technologies to counter illicit finance involving digital assets…
NIST nominee pressed on AI standards, facial recognition oversight
The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on Thursday considered the nomination of Arvind Raman to serve as Under…
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…
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