Homeland Security is making “smart glasses” to collect intelligence on Americans

cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/45305134

These new ICE Glasses, building on available glasses that allow video recording and heads-up data display, will be able to pulse vast federal holdings of biometric data — from facial recognition to walking gait — to identify people in real-time.

Per the budget document:

“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.”

A Department of Homeland Security attorney who spoke to me on the condition of anonymity said of the ICE Glasses project, “It might be portrayed as seeking to identify illegal aliens on the streets, but the reality is that a push in this direction affects all Americans, particularly protestors.” The official also says that the technologies and algorithms behind the smart glasses are as applicable to general government surveillance as they are to the current immigration war.

  • MBech@feddit.dk
    421·
    2 days ago

    from facial recognition to walking gait

    Gentlemen, this is what the ministry of silly walks has been waiting for, for a very long time.

  • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    2 days ago

    These new ICE Glasses, building on available glasses that allow video recording and heads-up data display, will be able to pulse vast federal holdings of biometric data — from facial recognition to walking gait — to identify people in real-time.

    Oh cool. We’ve started handing out the False Positives Device to our Digital Age Gestapo.

  • CubitOom@infosec.pubOPEnglish
    15·
    2 days ago

    These new ICE Glasses, building on available glasses that allow video recording and heads-up data display, will be able to pulse vast federal holdings of biometric data — from facial recognition to walking gait — to identify people in real-time.

    Per the budget document:

    “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.”

    A Department of Homeland Security attorney who spoke to me on the condition of anonymity said of the ICE Glasses project, “It might be portrayed as seeking to identify illegal aliens on the streets, but the reality is that a push in this direction affects all Americans, particularly protestors.” The official also says that the technologies and algorithms behind the smart glasses are as applicable to general government surveillance as they are to the current immigration war.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      13·
      2 days ago

      we really need a law around this. biometric records like fingerprinting only occured at arrest but we need to have something to eliminate all biometrics unless you are in due process or have a conviction. If they can’t convict then it should be thrown out and any unwilling biometrics should not be allowed to be collected outside of due process. Voluntary biometrics should be guarded like mail or other things. It can be used for identification for governement related processes like getting benefits or paying taxes but not just queried for investigations.

      • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
        52·
        2 days ago

        we need to have something to eliminate all biometrics unless you are in due process or have a conviction

        Trump DOJ: “No, that’s unconstitutional”

        SCOTUS: “Looks unconstitutional to us.”

        5th Circuit: “Actually, its illegal for you not to have biometrics on file”

        Local Officer: looking up from a crowd of police kicking a guy in the ribs “You hear someone say something?”