ICE’s Deportation Airline Hack Reveals Man ‘Disappeared’ to El Salvador
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Summary
This week, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) revealed proposals to implement vehicle-mounted facial recognition technology for data capture of all occupants of vehicles arriving in the US.
A CBP spokesperson subsequently confirmed that the agency is exploring expanding its real-time facial recognition capabilities to detect people exiting the US, which may be linked to the Trump administration’s “self-deportation” policy.
The memo, signed by acting commissioner Pete Flores, eliminates four Biden-era policies designed to protect vulnerable people whilst in CBP custody, including pregnant women, infants, the elderly, and people with serious medical conditions.
Following analysis of TeleMessage Signal’s source code, the communication app has been suspended after it was found that user messages were sent in plaintext, undermining security and privacy guarantees.
The US director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, was also revealed to have reused a weak password for years across multiple accounts, whilst researchers have warned that an open-source tool, Easyjson, could expose US companies and government agencies due to its ties with Russian social network VK.
