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An ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien

Cool, so I guess that means I can ignore evidence of the person/people at the door being law enforcement before enforcing my 2nd Amendment rights and state self-defense laws that also allow me to shoot to protect others.

Um, Americans also realize they’re ABDUCTING people without their consent too, right? And have been, for like months now?

Is it illegal to have a facemask? People should start carrying around ski masks in their vehicles in case ICE approaches them. If they claim it's illegal then why the fuck is ICE wearing them?

Time to start wearing face paint / face tattoos that fuck with facial recognition.

Ok time for everyone to dress like ice agents then. Masks for all.

Reminder to everyone that it is COVID season, so wear a mask for your health.

So look, this is just gonna happen. It's legal to film people in public (in the US) and we all know stores, etc. are already using facial recognition.

The real problem here is the (apparent, though almost certainly assured) lack of responsible use of the data. Scanning faces means you also get time, place, and event/activity, and the citizens then have zero control of what the govt does with this, who they share it with (e.g. Palantir), etc. All prior collection of US person data required appropriate approval, limited scope of access, and timely adjudication/disposal. But ICE is (again, apparently) operating outside the law.

Remember kids, Juggalo makeup defeats facial recognition. Woop woop!

As they wear masks....

At this point there is no voting your way back to normal anymore. As others have pointed out, the Democrats will ratchet their way further to the right in order to take office again, and the surveillance state will continue to expand under their authority (albeit somewhat less rapidly)

The lower classes must wake up to this reality and take meaningful steps to remove the ownership class from power once and for all. Holding signs and chanting in a public square during a weekend won't be enough, the rich and powerful must be in fear of losing their wealth and their lives.

Facial Recognition has always been racist this is nothing new in a broad sense.

Serious question, with all this surveillance, would it become a thing to always wear a full mask in public.

I know, feels weird to ask that post pandemic, but here we are.

Just disguise yourself as your favorite Buck Rogers character.

are you "there yet" America?