Here’s the Company That Sold DHS ICE’s Notorious Face Recognition App

Immigration agents have used Mobile Fortify to scan the faces of countless people in the US—including many citizens.
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ICE facial recognition app Mobile Fortify powered by NEC

NEC’s facial recognition, marketed under names like NeoFace and NeoFace Reveal, represents some of the most advanced ...

Facial recognition technology used by police is now very accurate – but public understanding lags behind

There are lots of examples of facial recognition’s role in helping police to locate wanted and vulnerable people. But as ...

Masked agents, face scans and a question: Are you a citizen? Inside Trump’s Minnesota crackdown

The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis is providing insights into the surveillance technologies the ...

DHS Reveals Tech Giant Behind ICE’s Controversial Face-Scanning App

DHS reveals NEC Corporation powers ICE's Mobile Fortify face-scanning app through $23.9 million contract enabling biometric ...

ICE protester says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face

Minnesota resident Nicole Cleland had her Global Entry and TSA Precheck privileges revoked three days after an incident in which she observed activity by immigration agents, the woman said in a court ...