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Citations and Further Reading:
200M images
https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-supercharged-facial-recognition-app-of-200-million-images/
100,000 IDs using Mobile Fortify
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/27/ice-facial-recognition-minnesota
Mobile Fortify watchlist
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/technology/tech-ice-facial-recognition-palantir.html#:~:text=in%20one%20video%2C%20agents%20could%20be%20heard%20telling%20people%20that%20they%20were%20being%20recorded%20with%20facial%20recognition%20technology%20and%20that%20their%20faces%20would%20be%20added%20to%20a%20database
https://x.com/kenklippenstein/status/2014752856843161969?s=20
Observer global entry
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/richfield-observer-encounter-border-patrol-court-filing-retaliation/
ICE surveillance tech
ICE isn’t just tracking your phone. The surveillance technology goes further than that.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/interactive/2026/ice-surveillance-immigrants-protesters/
DHS is Circumventing Constitution by Buying Data It Would Normally Need a Warrant to Access
http://notechforice.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Deadly.Digital.Border.Wall_.pdf
https://inthesetimes.com/article/ice-deportation-machine-surveillance-artificial-intelligence-thomson-reuters-clear-trump
Wegmans
https://gothamist.com/news/nyc-wegmans-is-storing-biometric-data-on-shoppers-eyes-voices-and-faces
https://www.wegmans.com/news-media/press-releases/wegmans-statement-on-facial-recognition-technology
Bunnings
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/bunnings-wins-ai-facial-recognition-tech-fight/106309308#:~:text=The%20technology%20was%20designed%20by%20the%20Japanese%20company%20Hitachi%20and%20supplied%20to%20Bunnings%20via%20a%20third%20party%2C%20the%20tribunal%20ruling%20said
Age verification
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4g8ynpwl8o
https://fortune.com/2026/02/24/discord-peter-thiel-backed-persona-identity-verification-breach/
https://www.theverge.com/tech/878369/discord-persona-age-verification
Social media compliance
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-department-homeland-security-reportedly-223749355.html
Flock cameras
https://www.404media.co/ice-taps-into-nationwide-ai-enabled-camera-network-data-shows/
Ring cameras
https://www.404media.co/leaked-email-suggests-ring-plans-to-expand-search-party-surveillance-beyond-dogs/
Clearview
The Shocking Far-Right Agenda Behind the Facial Recognition Tech Used by ICE and the FBI
https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2b80caadf0c34558b459b879569fd5ee/view
https://www.npr.org/2025/08/28/nx-s1-5519756/biometrics-facial-recognition-laws-privacy#:~:text=Clearview%20AI%2C%20a%20facial%20recognition%20company%20popular%20with%20law%20enforcement%2C%20ponied%20up%20%2451%20million%20to%20settle%20a%20case%20approved%20in%20March%20over%20the%20firm%20scraping%20billions%20of%20facial%20images%20online%20without%20consent%3B
FRT and wrongful arrests
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/interactive/2025/police-artificial-intelligence-facial-recognition/?itid=lk_inline_manual_43
https://www.aclu.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/ACLU-Comment-to-USCCR-re-FRT-4.8.2024.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/25/lens/sarah-lewis-racial-bias-photography.html
Mobile Fortify and birth certificates
How a US Citizen Was Scanned With ICE’s Facial Recognition Tech
Data centers
https://www.datacenterwatch.org/report
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