Biometric Update

ICE’s facial recognition app is new, but the NEC tech behind it is well known

NEC facial recognition algorithms have consistently placed among the most accurate tested in NIST’s Face Recognition Vendor ...

Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition App

Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
Biometric Update

ICE, FBI expand facial recognition use to protest investigations

Federal use of facial recognition and related surveillance technologies has expanded decisively into the monitoring of ...
Tech Xplore

Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate—but public understanding lags behind

The UK government's proposed reforms to policing in England and Wales signal an increase in the use of facial recognition ...

DHS Reveals Tech Giant Behind ICE’s Controversial Face-Scanning App

DHS reveals NEC Corporation powers ICE's Mobile Fortify face-scanning app through $23.9 million contract enabling biometric ...
Microsoft

Infostealers without borders: macOS, Python stealers, and platform abuse

How modern infostealers target macOS systems, leverage Python‑based stealers, and abuse trusted platforms and utilities to ...
GV Wire

How ICE Already Knows Who Minneapolis Protesters Are: Face Scanning Technology

Explore the implications of ICE face scanning in Minnesota, as revealed through a surprising encounter with an agent.
TechCrunch

Here’s the tech powering ICE’s deportation crackdown

President Donald Trump said he would make countering immigration one of his flagship policies during his second term in the White House, promising an unprecedented number of deportations. A year in, ...