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DHS Will Use Facial Recognition To Scan Travelers at the Border (engadget.com)

Posted by msmash on from the it's-here dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report: Last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) put out a notice, saying it was looking for a facial recognition system that could work with images taken of people inside their cars. The idea was that such a system could be used to scan people entering and leaving the country through the US/Mexico border and match them to government documents like passports and visas. Now, The Verge reports that DHS will be launching a test of a system aiming to do just that. The Vehicle Face System, as it's called, is scheduled for an initial deployment in August and it will be installed at the Anzalduas border crossing. The test will take place over one year and will aim to take images of passengers in every car that enters or leaves the US through the crossing.

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  1. Yet another reason... by Freischutz · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Yet another reason not to visit the USA.

    1. Re:Yet another reason... by Scroatzilla · · Score: 3, Insightful

      "I live in a free nation" as in "free to follow politically correct compelled speech laws." No thank you, I'll stick to the *actually free* country.

  2. Welp. We're in a giant prison now. by Catbeller · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Title says it all.