Civil rights groups demand CBP stops facial recognition expansion at airports
The ACLU, Electronic Frontier Foundation and others objected to a DHS proposal.
Customs and Border Protection
ACLU sues Homeland Security over airport facial recognition records
The ACLU wants to know how the tech has been used at airports and borders.
Homeland Security doesn’t want Americans' airport face scans after all
US citizens can opt-out of biometric scans when they enter or exit the country.
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Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegal
Border agents will need cause or warrants to look at phones and laptops.
Harvard student deported based on friends' social media posts
You apparently don't need to write the posts to get in trouble for them.
Hackers steal traveler photos and license plates from US Customs
They took advantage of a subcontractor's mistake.
Senators propose legislation to protect your phone at the border
The bill would require border agents to obtain a warrant to search Americans' devices.
ACLU: border agents regularly perform 'warrantless' device searches
It wants summary judgment in a lawsuit over border agent authority.
