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fromWIRED
2 days agoCBP Facility Codes Sure Seem to Have Leaked Via Online Flashcards
The public Quizlet set contained information about alleged codes for specific facility entrances. 'Checkpoint doors code?' asked one card, with a specific four-digit combination listed in response.
Privacy professionals
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days agoUS marine detained after TSA finds live explosive round in checked bag
The marine told investigators he found the round in the field about a year ago and kept it, thinking it wasn't live. Due to extensive rust and corrosion, the round's original identifying paint markings were no longer visible, making it difficult to determine whether it was an inert training munition or a live explosive device.
Los Angeles
#data-breach
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fromSilicon Canals
2 days agoA fintech app asked users for their passports - then left 360,000 files unprotected for five years - Silicon Canals
A money transfer app exposed over 360,000 sensitive files on a public server for nearly five years, including unencrypted personal documents.
#ice
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks agoICE agents will be deployed to US airports on Monday to ease long lines
ICE agents will assist TSA at US airports to alleviate long security lines during the government shutdown.
fromFuturism
2 months agoUS politics
ICE Is Scanning Civilians' Faces, Telling Them They're Being Entered Into a Terrorism Database
Immigration officers are photographing civilian faces and indicating those images may be entered into a government facial identification database, raising surveillance and civil liberties concerns.
Public health
fromwww.npr.org
3 weeks agoMedicaid can share data with ICE. Here's how that 180-degree change spreads fear
A December court ruling reversed decades of Medicaid policy protecting immigrants' personal information from immigration enforcement, creating widespread fear among eligible immigrant families.
UK politics
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
3 weeks agoDigital IDs won't require sex and gender data, government confirms
The UK government's relaunched voluntary digital ID scheme will not collect sex or gender information, addressing concerns that it could out trans people.
fromTravel + Leisure
3 weeks agoThis Is Why You Should Never Put Your Phone in the TSA Bin, According to Frequent Flyers and Travel Experts
I had my camera stolen while going through security. It was a painful loss, mainly because of the memories captured on it. When she brought it up to the security officers, they told her there was no video coverage of that area.
Travel
Privacy technologies
fromBoston.com
3 weeks agoYou can now pass through TSA PreCheck at Logan using only your face. Should that make us nervous?
TSA's Touchless ID facial recognition system expands to 65 airports, enabling passengers to pass security using only their face, though privacy advocates warn it normalizes mass surveillance.
#age-verification-legislation
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fromTheregister
2 weeks agoAge verification isn't sage verification inside OSes
California's Digital Age Assurance Act attempts age verification for minors but is vague, incoherent, and creates liability risks without clearly defining compliance requirements or addressing practical implementation across diverse computing devices.
Privacy professionals
fromTheregister
2 weeks agoAge verification isn't sage verification inside OSes
California's Digital Age Assurance Act attempts age verification for minors but is vague, incoherent, and creates liability risks without clearly defining compliance requirements or addressing practical implementation across diverse computing devices.
US news
fromwww.mediaite.com
4 weeks agoHeads Down! Hands Up!' Passengers Capture Scary Moment Feds Storm Plane to Deal With Possible Security Matter'
Southwest Flight 2094 made an emergency landing in Atlanta after a possible security matter, with federal officers and police boarding to detain a passenger amid reports of a bomb threat.
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fromThe Verge
1 month agoFTC declines to enforce a kids privacy law for data collected to verify users' ages
Age verification technologies are some of the most child-protective technologies to emerge in decades. Our statement incentivizes operators to use these innovative tools, empowering parents to protect their children online.
Privacy professionals
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fromwww.npr.org
1 month agoHomeland Security suspends TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is suspending the TSA PreCheck and Global Entry airport security programs as a partial government shutdown continues. The programs are designed to help speed registered travelers through security lines. Suspending them could cause headaches for fliers. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement that "shutdowns have serious real world consequences."
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Travel
fromTravel + Leisure
2 months agoThis Travel Error Has Caused U.S. Passports to Be Voided Mid-trip-What to Do If It Happens to You
Some U.S. passports have been incorrectly flagged lost or stolen during international travel, causing detentions, denied travel, and emergency embassy interventions.
fromWIRED
1 month agoICE and CBP's Face-Recognition App Can't Actually Verify Who People Are
Mobile Fortify, now used by United States immigration agents in towns and cities across the US, is not designed to reliably identify people in the streets and was deployed without the scrutiny that has historically governed the rollout of technologies that impact people's privacy, according to records reviewed by WIRED. The Department of Homeland Security launched Mobile Fortify in the spring of 2025 to "determine or verify" the identities of individuals stopped or detained by DHS officers during federal operations, records show.
Privacy technologies
fromwww.ocregister.com
1 month agoA privacy breach at the IRS: Taxpayer data wrongly shared with DHS, court filing says
The revelation stems from a data-sharing agreement signed last April by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, which allows U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to submit names and addresses of immigrants inside the U.S. illegally to the IRS for cross-verification against tax records. A declaration filed Wednesday by IRS Chief Risk and Control Officer Dottie Romo stated that the IRS was only able to verify roughly 47,000 of the 1.28 million names ICE requested.
Privacy professionals
fromDataBreaches.Net
2 months agoPersonal Details of Thousands of Border Patrol and ICE Agents Allegedly Leaked in Huge Data Breach - DataBreaches.Net
Sensitive details of around 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol employees-including almost 2,000 agents working in frontline enforcement-have allegedly been released by a Department of Homeland Security whistleblower following last week's fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good. The Jan. 7 killing of the mother by ICE agent Jonathan Ross in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked nationwide protests and worldwide outrage, including among some DHS employees.
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