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Trump admin implements most invasive digital face-scanning system to date at all U.S. points of entry, effective December 26

Designed to scan/track foreign visitors at airports and other ports of entry, the system has an admitted 3% error rate that will capture the faces of millions US citizens without them ever knowing it.

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Leo Hohmann
Oct 27, 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its final rule in the Federal Registry last week expanding the use of biometrics at the nation’s borders. In the process, the government formalized what had been years in the making: a full-scale biometric tracking system to photograph and monitor every non-citizen who enters or leaves the U.S. And it …

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