ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to verify citizenship

Re:ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to ve... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @02:13PM (#45750826)

Ignore them? Operate outside of US reach. The tubes are global.

EDIT: Legally, you have no right to privacy in public, if your photo is captured in public (US centric), broadly speaking. You have the right to record law enforcement officers exercising their official duties in public.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/yes-you-have-right-fil...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/08/federal-judge-upholds-...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/02/fourth-circuit-individ...

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/07/victory-another-court-...

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Re:ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to ve... by yasp on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @02:31PM (#45751080)

Taking someone's photo is different than storing their biometrics. The latter would violate laws such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biometric_Information_Privacy_...

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Re:ICE and CBP agents are scanning faces on the street to ve... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @02:34PM (#45751119)

So avoid being subject to the US jurisdiction, if applicable. Do not store data or operate the system from within the US, or any country within US reach.

https://owasp.org/www-community/Threat_Modeling_Process

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