As of June 2019, CBP had processed more than 20 million travelers using facial recognition, civil rights group ACLU says.
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Warrantless searches of devices at US borders ruled unconstitutional
The border is NOT a constitution-free zone, according to the ruling: No more suspicionless fishing expeditions into travelers’ devices.
Google & Apple pushed to reveal gun scope app users’ names to feds
It’s a first: The government has never demanded personal data of a single app’s users from Apple & Google.
DHS policies allow unlimited, warrantless device search
Newly revealed policies show border agents can search devices for pretty much any reason, including if some other agency asked them to.
DEA and ICE hiding cameras in streetlights and traffic barrels
Drug and immigration cops in the US are buying surveillance cameras to hide in streetlights and traffic barrels.
Immigrant identity thief and ICE lawyer gets four years
A former high-ranking lawyer at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is going to jail for four years after stealing the identities of US immigrants.
Feds subpoena Reddit for personal info of dark web forum members
The subpoena demands information on five users of the Darknet Markets subreddit, all of whom discussed the recent fall of Evolution, a mega-mart for drugs.