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ICE’s Smart Glasses Are a Worst-Case Scenario

Gizmodo·James Pero·about 1 month ago
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The aversion to smart glasses is already palpable, but if there’s one group that can add fuel to that increasingly hot fire, it’s ICE. According to journalist Ken Klippenstein , the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is developing its own pair of smart glasses designed specifically for surveilling “illegal aliens.” Klippenstein reports that the project would build on existing pairs of smart glasses and use a combination of biometric databases and facial recognition to “identify people in real time.” Here’s the specific language used by the DHS according to budget documents viewed by Klippenstein: “The project will deliver innovative hardware, such as operational prototypes of smart glasses, to equip agents with real-time access to information and biometric identification capabilities in the field.” The idea is apparently so unsettling that even an attorney who works for the DHS is worried about the prospect.…

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