DEEP DIVE: EFF to DHS: Stop Mass Collection of Social Media Information
By Saira Hussain and Sophia Cope The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recently released a proposed rule expanding the agency’s collection of social media information…
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DHS Expects To Have The Biometrics Data of 259 Million People by 2022
By Mac Slavo The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expects to have face, fingerprint, and iris scans of at least 259 million people in…
911 Dispatchers To Monitor 30+ Million CCTV Cameras In Real-Time
By MassPrivateI 911 dispatchers are about to join the ranks of District Attorneys (DA) using CCTV cameras to monitor the public. The district attorney for Pennsylvania’s…
Forget Facial Recognition: DHS’ New Database, HART, Also Uses Scars, Tattoos, and Your VOICE to ID You. And Amazon Is Storing All the Data.
By Daisy Luther These days, you can’t really go anywhere without encountering cameras. Going into a store? Chances are there are security cameras. Getting money…
Fusion Centers, Citizen Spies and the Debasement of the American Character
By Karen Melton Stewart No matter if you are in the “Trump-resistance” or a QAnon Patriot, it is likely significant numbers of you have been…
Google, Twitter, Facebook Met Government Officials To Devise Election Measures
By Aaron Kesel Representatives for Google, Facebook and Twitter met with DHS officials at Facebook’s headquarters to devise 2020 election measures against the spread of…
US Government Blacklisting System is Unconstitutional: Judge
By Edward Hasbrouck In an opinion issued late today in Alexandria, VA, US District Court Judge Anthony Trenga has upheld the complaint by 23 victims…
DHS Ignored Repeated Warnings About Security of U.S. Bioterrorism Defenses, Not Sure If It Was Hacked
By Sean Walton The Department of Homeland Security stored sensitive data from the nation’s bioterrorism defense program on an insecure website where it was vulnerable…
U.S. Customs Continues to “Modernize” Its System to Include Biometrics For All Passengers
By Nicholas West One aspect often lost in the immigration debate is the rollout of government solutions that are set to restrict the freedom of…
New Documents Reveal DHS Asserting Broad, Unconstitutional Authority to Search Travelers’ Phones and Laptops
BOSTON — The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU today asked a federal court to rule without trial that the Department of Homeland Security…
Local Police Receive DHS Grant for Drones to Use in Crime Search and Crowd Control
By Nicholas West Police departments around the U.S. continue doing their best to acquire drones for a range of uses. This move is buoyed by…
DHS to Face-Scan 97% of International Travelers Within Four Years
By Tyler Durden (ZH) – The Department of Homeland Security says that facial recognition technology will be used on 97% of passengers departing the US by 2023, according…
Signed as Law: Utah Bans Warrantless Access to Information in the Cloud
By Michael Maharrey Last week, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill into law that requires police to get a warrant before accessing data stored in…
U.S. Rolling Out Biometric ID Exit Program In Top Airports Nationwide With Full Implementation Expected By 2021
By Aaron Kesel Activist Post previously reported that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wanted to develop advanced facial recognition technology that scans the faces of travelers as…