Senators Edward J. Markey, Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley On Thursday, Todd Lyons, acting director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), urged the agency to stop using smartphone apps that use biometric identification, including facial recognition. Councillor says facial recognition And warned that real-time surveillance could have a chilling impact on constitutionally protected activities.
“As the Institute has shown, when individuals think they are under surveillance, they are unlikely to engage in First Amendment protections such as protests or gatherings, which undermines the heart of our democracy,” the senator wrote.
They asked the agency’s answers by October 2 regarding the deployment of the app when building it, ICE testing its accuracy, the legal basis for its use, and the current agency policy for the management tools to use. They also asked if ICE would commit to end the use of mobile decoration and explained why not. The letter was also signed by Senators Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Chris Van Holle, Tina Smith, Bernie Sanders and Adam Schiff.
Earlier this summer Washington Post Report New Orleans police are Secretly use facial recognition On a network of private cameras with over 200 live feeds. Despite the need for the technology to search for specific violent suspects, it lasted for two years and recorded it on the city council. Facial recognition technology remains controversial, although multiple Americans support their use in both law enforcement and Workplacehas limitations.
Since there are still no federal regulations on facial recognition Permit individuals to compensate for misuse of biometric data and require their use of written consent. Last year’s Yuan Allegedly, without its consent, allegedly collected biometric data from millions of Texans, Texas (the largest financial settlement ever).
