{"id":207010,"date":"2026-01-27T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/how-ice-is-using-facial-recognition-in-minnesota-technology\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:45:08","slug":"how-ice-is-using-facial-recognition-in-minnesota-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/how-ice-is-using-facial-recognition-in-minnesota-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"How ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota | Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

How ICE is using facial recognition in Minnesota | Technology<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2026\/jan\/27\/ice-facial-recognition-minnesota<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-01-27 10:31:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: www.theguardian.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Immigration enforcement agents across the US are increasingly relying on a new smartphone app with facial recognition technology.<\/p>\n

The app is named Mobile Fortify. Simply pointing a phone\u2019s camera at their intended target and scanning the person\u2019s face allows Mobile Fortify to pull data on an individual from multiple federal and state databases, some of which federal courts have deemed too inaccurate for arrest warrants.<\/p>\n

The US Department of Homeland Security has used Mobile Fortify to scan faces and fingerprints in the field more than 100,000 times, according to a lawsuit brought by Illinois and Chicago against the federal agency, earlier this month. That\u2019s a drastic shift from immigration enforcement\u2019s earlier use of facial recognition technology, which was otherwise limited largely to investigations and ports of entry and exit, legal experts say.<\/p>\n

The app\u2019s existence was first uncovered last summer by 404 Media, through leaked emails. 404 Media also reported, in October, about internal DHS documents that say people cannot refuse to be scanned by Mobile Fortify.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere we have ICE using this technology in exactly the confluence of conditions that lead to the highest false match rates,\u201d says Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of the ACLU\u2019s speech, privacy and technology project. \u201cA false result from this technology can turn somebody\u2019s life totally upside down.\u201d The larger implications for democracy are chilling, too, he notes: \u201cICE is effectively trying to create a biometric checkpoint society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Use of the app has inspired backlash on the streets, in courts, and on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n

Protesters are using a variety of tactics to fight back. They include recording masked agents, using burner phones and donated dashboard cameras, according to the Washington Post.<\/p>\n

Underpinning resistance to ICE\u2019s use of facial recognition are doubts about the technology\u2019s efficacy. Research has uncovered higher error rates in identifying women and people of color…<\/p>\n

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