Category: customs and border protection

Homeland Security doesn’t want Americans’ airport face scans after all

Post author By Randall
Post date December 5, 2019
Categories In aclu, biometric, border, cbp, customs and border protection, entry-exit, face scan, faces, facial recognition, homeland security, Politics, Privacy, scan, Security, Tech, tomorrow, travelers

[ad_1] In a statement provided to Engadget, a CBP spokesperson said: “U.S. Customs and Border Protection is using biometric facial comparison technology to facilitate the entry and exit of international travelers while meeting the Congressional mandate to implement a biometric entry-exit system. U.S. citizens are out of scope of the mandated biometric entry-exit program. However, […]

Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal

Post author By Randall
Post date November 12, 2019
Categories In aclu, border, cbp, civil liberties, constitution, customs and border protection, department of homeland security, eff, fourth amendment, gear, government, homeland security, ice, immigration and customs enforcement, law, Politics, Privacy, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Casper also rejected the government’s claim that suspicionless searches would cause minimal harm, noting that agents could both look at past searches and were more likely to search people if there had already been a search before. The ACLU and EFF filed the lawsuit on behalf of 11 travelers (all but one of which […]

Harvard student deported based on friends’ social media posts

Post author By Randall
Post date August 27, 2019
Categories In cbp, customs and border protection, deportation, gear, harvard, harvard university, immigration, Internet, Politics, Social Media, social network, social networking, Tech

[ad_1] Ajjawi added that an officer asked him to unlock his laptop and phone for searches, and left with them for five hours before raising questions about the teen’s social media friends. He’s retaining a lawyer in hopes of reversing the visa decision. Unfortunately, this doesn’t appear to be completely unique. The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee […]

Hackers steal traveler photos and license plates from US Customs

Post author By Randall
Post date June 10, 2019
Categories In breach, cbp, customs, customs and border protection, data breach, gear, government, Internet, license plate, perceptics, Privacy, Security, Tech, travel

[ad_1] A representative didn’t tell TechCrunch how much data had been taken, or how many American citizens were caught up in the breach. The agency said alerted Congress and said it was “closely monitoring” the subcontractor’s associated work. CBP said that none of the info had been spotted on either the dark web or the […]

Senators propose legislation to protect your phone at the border

Post author By Randall
Post date May 23, 2019
Categories In bill, border patrol, customs, customs and border protection, data, department of homeland security, devices, gear, ice, immigration and customs enforcement, legislation, Politics, rand paul, ron wyden, searches, Security, Tech, warrant

[ad_1] In addition to needing a warrant, the “Protecting Data at the Border Act” would prevent agents from denying access to US citizens who refuse to hand over devices, passwords or log-in credentials. Though, federal agents could override the need for a warrant in the event of immediate danger, conspiratorial activities threatening national security or […]

border agents regularly perform ‘warrantless’ device searches

Post author By Randall
Post date April 30, 2019
Categories In cbp, customs and border protection, department of homeland security, gear, homeland security, ice, immigration and customs enforcement, lawsuit, Politics, Privacy, searches, Tech, warrant

[ad_1] Agency policies let officers search devices for generic law enforcement purposes like investigating bankruptcies and consumer portection laws, the ACLU said. Officers can also search devices to collect data about someone else, such as a friend that might be an illegal immigrant or the foreign sources for a journalist. CBP and ICE can also […]