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…
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While You Slept, Government Created Internal Passports
By Peter C. Earle The deadline of yet another, and perhaps the most insidious, element of the post-9/11 initiatives (a partial list of which includes…
ACLU Sues FBI And Other Agencies, Defending Privacy Rights Of Americans Against Facial Recognition
By Aaron Kesel The ACLU has sued the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other federal agencies, making claims that the government is improperly withholding…
We’re Being Blinded to the Danger of Facial Recognition
By Michael Maharrey We’ve become increasingly comfortable with facial recognition technology. We use it to unlock our phones and to skip the security line at…
Amazon Facial Recognition Falsely Identified 27 Pro Athletes As Criminals
By John Vibes Police and government agencies are becoming increasingly reliant on facial recognition software to hunt for suspects, despite the fact that this technology…
Beijing To Link Facial Recognition System With Social Credit Score In New Metro Security Checks
By Tyler Durden Officials in Beijing will combine the country’s state-of-the-art facial recognition technology with a version of their controversial ‘credit system’ to speed up…
Aruba’s Facial Recognition Will Identify 2 Million Tourists At Car Rental Stations, Hotels And The Airport
By MassPrivateI Think twice before planning your family vacation to Aruba next year. Big Brother has big plans to monitor American tourists. A recent article…
Corporations Use “Money USA 20/20” Event To Expand Facial Recognition Worldwide
By MassPrivateI Forget the Bilderberg Group meetings and how the world’s power elite meet in secret to help shape governments. Because Rise Up’s Money 20/20 events puts…
NBC News Thinks Getting Microchipped Sounds Super-Convenient
By Daisy Luther We’ve written numerous times before about the upcoming push for personal microchips on this website. Thousands of people in Sweden are voluntarily…
U.S. Senator Calls For Halting TSA Facial Recognition In Airports As Tech Rolls Out In Schools Nationwide
By Aaron Kesel A U.S. Senator called for an end to facial recognition in airports due to lack of oversight on the technology. Meanwhile, facial…
Four and Counting: Berkeley Passes Facial Recognition Ban
By Michael Maharrey BERKELEY, Calif. (Oct. 16. 2019) – Yesterday, the Berkeley City Council unanimously passed a ban on law enforcement use of facial recognition…
Signed as Law: California Bans Facial Recognition on Police Body Cameras
By Michael Maharrey Yesterday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that bans police from using facial recognition and biometric scanners with body-worn…
News from The Constitution-Free Zone: Border Patrol Using Biometrics for “Citizenship Checks” in Maine
By Joe Wright For a number of years now, I have been chronicling the ever-widening use of “The Constitution-Free Zone” by Border Patrol agents in…
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…