Records reveal the scale of Homeland Security's phone location data purchasesAn ACLU investigation found that officials bought over 336,000 data points.By J. Fingas, 07.18.2022
Civil rights groups demand CBP stops facial recognition expansion at airportsThe ACLU, Electronic Frontier Foundation and others objected to a DHS proposal.By K. Holt, 12.21.2020
Homeland Security is investigating CBP's warrantless phone trackingIt's using a database of commercially available data about device locations.By C. Low, 12.04.2020
US Border Patrol seized OnePlus Buds as 'counterfeit Apple AirPods'It's either an embarrassing gaffe or CBP trolling OnePlus about the copycat design. By S. Dent, 09.14.2020
ACLU sues Homeland Security over airport facial recognition recordsThe ACLU wants to know how the tech has been used at airports and borders.By C. Fisher, 03.12.2020
Clearview AI leak names businesses using its facial recognition databaseThousands of organizations from around the globe gave the software a try.By A. Tarantola, 02.27.2020
Homeland Security doesn’t want Americans' airport face scans after allUS citizens can opt-out of biometric scans when they enter or exit the country.By C. Fisher, 12.05.2019
Federal judge rules suspicionless device searches at the border are illegalBorder agents will need cause or warrants to look at phones and laptops.By J. Fingas, 11.12.2019
Harvard student deported based on friends' social media postsYou apparently don't need to write the posts to get in trouble for them.By J. Fingas, 08.27.2019
Air travelers entering US face long delays as CBP computers crashThe CBP is currently investigating the cause.By A. Tarantola, 08.16.2019
Google employees don't want it to work with US border agenciesMore than 500 employees have signed a new petition.By I. Bonifacic, 08.14.2019
Hackers steal traveler photos and license plates from US CustomsThey took advantage of a subcontractor's mistake.By J. Fingas, 06.10.2019
ACLU: border agents regularly perform 'warrantless' device searchesIt wants summary judgment in a lawsuit over border agent authority.By J. Fingas, 04.30.2019
US border officers don't always delete collected traveler dataThey also aren't properly documenting all their device searches.By J. Fingas, 12.11.2018
TSA outlines its plans for facial recognition on domestic flightsIt hasn't really addressed privacy concerns.By J. Fingas, 10.15.2018
Face scanning in US airports is rife with technical problemsHomeland Security's project might not make its 2021 target date.By J. Fingas, 09.25.2018
New lawsuit shows your phone is unsafe at American bordersCBP = Customs and Border ProfilingBy V. Blue, 08.31.2018
After Math: Gaming the systemNumbers, because otherwise randomly shouting "points!" makes no sense.By A. Tarantola, 08.26.2018
Your face could be your ticket to fly on JetBlue (updated)The airline is testing biometrics as a way to replace boarding passes.By T. Seppala, 05.31.2017
Airports may use face recognition to screen US citizens (update: more info)Customs officials want to scan your face everywhere you normally need ID.By J. Fingas, 05.09.2017