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ICE's 'Frightening' Facial Recognition App is Scanning US Citizens Without Their Consent
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As they wear masks....
this post was submitted on 02 Nov 2025
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Remember kids, Juggalo makeup defeats facial recognition. Woop woop!
Everybody wear drag queen makeup!
I also hear beards still confuse the system so that's nice
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Reminder to everyone that it is COVID season, so wear a mask for your health.
And flu and cold season. Consider wearing gloves to keep your hands safe from diseases as well. Consider tinted glasses as well to keep the sun out of your eyes, and a hat or hoodie to protect from rain or snow.
Just basic health things, completely unrelated to cameras or anything.
We do like staying healthy
You may also consider carrying a firearm. It's hibernation season, and the bears can get a bit frisky.
Bear spray also works on wild dogs, which are increasingly becoming a problem in suburban areas.
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So look, this is just gonna happen. It's legal to film people in public (in the US) and we all know stores, etc. are already using facial recognition.
The real problem here is the (apparent, though almost certainly assured) lack of responsible use of the data. Scanning faces means you also get time, place, and event/activity, and the citizens then have zero control of what the govt does with this, who they share it with (e.g. Palantir), etc. All prior collection of US person data required appropriate approval, limited scope of access, and timely adjudication/disposal. But ICE is (again, apparently) operating outside the law.
Also, doesn't this shit just waste like a fuckton of taxpayer money?
That's the beautiful thing, we just print more so people don't notice how much we actually spend on things. Inflation goes brr, but people blame the corpos.
By design. They want America bankrupt.
Facial Recognition has always been racist this is nothing new in a broad sense.
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At this point there is no voting your way back to normal anymore. As others have pointed out, the Democrats will ratchet their way further to the right in order to take office again, and the surveillance state will continue to expand under their authority (albeit somewhat less rapidly)
The lower classes must wake up to this reality and take meaningful steps to remove the ownership class from power once and for all. Holding signs and chanting in a public square during a weekend won't be enough, the rich and powerful must be in fear of losing their wealth and their lives.
My area got flooded with Flock cameras during Biden's last year. Both parties want the surveillance no question. But they also want to be in power. God I hate those cameras.
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Just disguise yourself as your favorite Buck Rogers character.
Serious question, with all this surveillance, would it become a thing to always wear a full mask in public.
I know, feels weird to ask that post pandemic, but here we are.
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