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Historic NY

(39,405 posts)
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 11:49 AM 10 hrs ago

You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does not let people decline to be scanned by its new facial recognition app, which the agency uses to verify a person’s identity and their immigration status, according to an internal Department of Homeland Security (DHS) document obtained by 404 Media. The document also says any face photos taken by the app, called Mobile Fortify, will be stored for 15 years, including those of U.S. citizens.

The document provides new details about the technology behind Mobile Fortify, how the data it collects is processed and stored, and DHS’s rationale for using it. On Wednesday 404 Media reported that both ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are scanning peoples’ faces in the streets to verify citizenship.

https://www.404media.co/you-cant-refuse-to-be-scanned-by-ices-facial-recognition-app-dhs-document-says/]



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You Can't Refuse To Be Scanned by ICE's Facial Recognition App, DHS Document Says (Original Post) Historic NY 10 hrs ago OP
A policy or document is not a law. cbabe 10 hrs ago #1
My thought as well. yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #4
Fourth amendment cbabe 10 hrs ago #6
Thanks. yellow dahlia 9 hrs ago #9
These ICEholes can go fuck themselves, MarineCombatEngineer 10 hrs ago #2
Right. yellow dahlia 10 hrs ago #5
If you fly, you have to have your licence scanned cachukis 10 hrs ago #3
They know who you are before your board a cruise ship... Historic NY 10 hrs ago #7
Private companies can do as they want, mostly. No shirts, no shoes, no cbabe 10 hrs ago #8
America Gestapo building their files. republianmushroom 9 hrs ago #10
They have been for years. Historic NY 9 hrs ago #11

cbabe

(5,820 posts)
6. Fourth amendment
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 12:38 PM
10 hrs ago

The Fourth Amendment is the part of the Constitution that gives the answer. According to the Fourth Amendment, the people have a right “to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.” This right limits the power of the police to seize and search people, their property, and their homes.



Do you have a judicial warrant?

Am I being detained?

I want a lawyer.

Then shut up.

MarineCombatEngineer

(16,385 posts)
2. These ICEholes can go fuck themselves,
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 11:55 AM
10 hrs ago

policy does not override the US Constitution, despite what Been A Dick Donald and his criminal toadies think.

cachukis

(3,521 posts)
3. If you fly, you have to have your licence scanned
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 12:13 PM
10 hrs ago

and your picture taken.
Does that get stored in a data base or is it just for corroboration?
I know on a cruise you do the same. They take your pic getting off on an island and verify your return.
Has this all become part of the facial recognition data base?

Historic NY

(39,405 posts)
7. They know who you are before your board a cruise ship...
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 12:40 PM
10 hrs ago

The photos are assigned to a database, just like passports.

cbabe

(5,820 posts)
8. Private companies can do as they want, mostly. No shirts, no shoes, no
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 12:41 PM
10 hrs ago

service.

And of course your data is being sold unless you specify legally prohibit it.

Don’t know how you would do this and still be allowed to fly.

Historic NY

(39,405 posts)
11. They have been for years.
Fri Oct 31, 2025, 01:09 PM
9 hrs ago

Every trip you take, every toll you pass, every call you make someone is watching you .

My town has cameras at every major intersection and every entrance to the town around all town facilities .They monitor the coming and goings of traffic. I haven't figure out if it prevents accidents but it does document them.

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