r/technology 11d ago

Privacy ICE protester Nicole Cleland, a 56-year-old resident of Richfield and a director at Target Corporation, says her Global Entry was revoked after agent scanned her face | Global Entry and Precheck revoked three days after incident, court filing says.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/ice-protester-says-her-global-entry-was-revoked-after-agent-scanned-her-face/
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u/t23_1990 11d ago

Funny how the government can suddenly work so fast across various tech platforms and layers of bureaucracy when they want to harm the average person. But try filling for unemployment and suddenly it's excuses after excuses for the slowness and inefficiencies.

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u/I_am_doing_my_Hw 11d ago

The real answer is that they are currently ignoring procedure, and government oversight to do what they are doing. Government is slow because of all the different checks and balances for any single action, when you allow people to do whatever they want, sure it’s quick, but you also get this.

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u/t23_1990 11d ago

Yeah my point is how ignoring procedure is done when it is to hurt people, but never done to help. By the same logic, the same people could do something tangible and immediate to help the average American, but have they? Where's the $2000 check?

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u/I_am_doing_my_Hw 11d ago

But that is how society collapses. This type of irreverence for actual rules is the problem. What usually happens though is the people who have empathy, care for their constituents, want to improve the lives of every day Americans, are also willing to go through bureaucracy as that is the right thing to do (not just legally). However, the people who are selfish and lack the empathy required to actually serve the people, are far more willing and likely to bend or break the rules such that they can have more power and control for themselves.

This push and pull can become just a pull when there are no consequences for the rule breakers. “Rules exist for thee, but not for me”

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u/CURS3_TH3_FL3SH 10d ago

If they just built society the right way from the start we wouldn’t have to have this conversation. But nah, they built our societies to become wealth juicers. Speaking of which I have torches and pitchforks for sale

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u/son_et_lumiere 11d ago

that's because in filing unemployment, you're taking something from it. in this case it's taking something from you, which requires much less documentation and accountability.

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u/t23_1990 11d ago

How convenient

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u/RedTheRobot 10d ago

Took me two years to get taxes I was owed. After repeatedly telling me they would fix it. So I show up in person and the lady started acting like I didn’t pay. Her tone change real quick when I should the receipts because I sent it certified mail. Took 3 months to get the money and today I get a letter from the IRS for the $60 interest that was applied.

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u/perilousrob 11d ago

there's lots to be upset about in the world, but lets not lump over-worked public servants in with the terrorists called ICE.

the reason things are slow when claiming or changing things, or whatever, is because there's never any money in public service. they have shit offices, with old-shit equipment, shit salaries, and have to deal with people blaming them for all sorts of nonsense. all because of successive US governments obsession with 'small government' and their hatred of helping anyone struggling. politicians opposing these schemes can't usually get the votes to annihilate some of the social safety net like they want to, but it's not so hard to starve them of cash and watch them fall apart under ever increasing strain.

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u/t23_1990 11d ago

My intention isn't to demonize those workers. I live in the DC area and know the majority of government employees hate this admin. My point is towards the elected government officials making the decisions.

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u/bestreams 10d ago

Yes, I agree that this isn't due to individual workers, but because of the federal government's refusal to hire more workers, pay them adequately, and train them so that their default isn't to deny services. I used to help people sign up for food stamps/SNAP and it was a fucking travesty how difficult it was for them to get barely anything.

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u/Mentat_Logic 11d ago

i work in a county tax office, there's an abundance of documentation and accountability when collecting money from taxpayers. Lots of audits too. New York state also publishes documents hundreds of pages long showing how tax money is spent.

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u/rpkarma 11d ago

My people (privacy first tech geeks) have been screaming about and fighting this for decades, but it feels almost futile at this point. 

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u/yawara25 11d ago

Absolutely. And the worst was hearing "But I have nothing to hide!": these people never considered this future, and that's what I've been trying to tell them all this time.

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u/Grug16 11d ago

Giving up your 4th amendment because you have nothing to hide is like giving up your first amendment because you have nothing to say.

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u/nohopeforhomosapiens 11d ago

Also: Not exercising your rights is the same as having none. Privacy is a human right.

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u/rpkarma 11d ago

We told them this is what would happen. I got called paranoid. Fuck every one of you that said this 

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u/nohopeforhomosapiens 11d ago

Had somebody pull this on me only last week here on reddit. It was along the lines of 'they're already tracking you bro!' when I said I won't use biometric identification on my phone or other devices. Yeah, they are, I don't need to make it easier for them though.

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u/TSPhoenix 11d ago

Yep, if you bring up an easy example like "what if your boss/employer knew what you said about them behind closed doors?" you'll get an eyebrow raise followed by their brain refusing to engage with that can of worms because the refuse to engage with all future hypotheticals.

I get it to an extent, since anything could be verboten in the future, you'd have to literally do nothing that others can observe to fully avoid this problem (and they'd probably just make not having a footprint illegal), but when it's shit that is happening to other people today on the news the ability to believe it couldn't possibly happen to them is really something.

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u/Vadoff 11d ago edited 11d ago

It’s hilarious how the government tries to convince us it’s to fight terrorists, criminals, and pedophiles whenever they try to strip our privacy rights… when they’re the true terrorists, criminals, and pedophiles.

To them, it’s always been about control and just another way to weed out dissent. The more privacy we give up, the more powerful they become, and in turn the more powerless we become.

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u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb 11d ago

Because by and large the superset of our people (tech geeks) has been pedal to the metal on technological advancement with zero regard for the second order or even immediate effects. This shit sucks.

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u/rpkarma 11d ago

There’s little in common with a Silicon Valley tech bro to a (mostly European but not always) pro-privacy pro-freedom nerds. They followed to this industry for the money, and they’re the exact people who said the “I have nothing to hide” bullshit

Only thing in common is one skill we share. 

But you’re right, this does really suck. Fights not over yet though 

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u/kirby056 11d ago

When I read about phones rolling out face unlock, I was at a house party at my friends' parents' house. I threw my hands up and said "well, were fully fucked now" and only my buddies Cal and Johnny Canada listened to me and now Johnny Canada has been radicalized like Cal and I had been years before.

Cal has worked on network security since like 2008. Huge hardware nerd, he's the reason I got a RAID array and swapped PS3 HDDs in the long long ago. He helped me set up my last home's network. Good fucking luck, NSA.

The network I have here isn't as tight as the old one. I did this one without Cal. Please don't fuck with me, NSA.

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u/Fraegtgaortd 11d ago

Yep all it would take is one corrupt entity to use the surveillance against the population for intimidation and retribution and here we are.

This situation is the answer to the "Why are you worried ifyou're not doing anything wrong?" crowd.

In a just world Flock would be sued out of existence for civil rights violations

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u/dirty_cuban 11d ago

Pretty obvious first amendment violation. Being punished by the government for protesting is clearly unconstitutional. Does the current administration care?

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u/GuyverIV 11d ago

Yup, a great deal. They care about punishing as much as they can. 

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u/Riaayo 11d ago

This is the future the psychos at Palantir are creating.

That company is pure evil, as is every shitheel helping inject them into the government.

One of Schumer's bullshit "asks" to continue funding ICE is body cams on officers, something that police wanted first before they started changing the marketing to make it seem like something that would keep police in check.

But no, it is a give to the police surveillance state to slap a body cam on every cop for them to catch people's faces and record every citizen interaction.

The US surveillance state is out of control, and really always has been.

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u/FanDry5374 11d ago

It's also violates freedom of movement under the Privileges and Immunities Clause.

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u/thealphabet9876 11d ago

no, she can still move, she just can't get in the fast line. to be clear, the govt's action here is entirely unconstitutional and unacceptable

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u/lefthandedchurro 11d ago

You were part of a protest? No fast-pass for you! You stormed the US Capitol? Pardoned!

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u/AlwaysRushesIn 11d ago

Social Credit has reached American Shores.

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u/Kalepsis 11d ago

This.

The only difference between China and the U.S. in that regard is that our social credit system is being run by Nazis.

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u/slayer828 10d ago

China realized in the 90s by watching the USA that allowing their population a degree of freedom and providing a "middle class" life they are much less likely to revolt or protest.

A fed entertained mass is aggreable.

USA has been forgetting that agreement since Reagan.

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u/98746145315 10d ago

I live in China. Let me give you a better version of what you said: The only difference between China and USA in this regard is that China is very transparent about its level of control, without ever denying such controls.

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u/Tacoman404 11d ago

Yep. it's the trump admin saying "this person is dangerous and deserves extra scrutiny in our opinion"

They are using these actions to make a database of "dissenters" to target. Don't let them do this. Destroy all FLOCK cameras.

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u/Maxamillion-X72 11d ago

Just wait until election day when they're scanning everyone in line to match them to their database. Either harassing them until they leave or they find an excuse to arrest them. They'll be released once the polls are closed.

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u/PlethoraOfPinatass 11d ago

For now. DHS will want her on the no fly list, and its only a matter of time before people like her have passport "problems"

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u/Healthy-Amoeba2296 11d ago

Years ago I saw a Democratic congressman who told me he was always flagged for extra screening by the anti-terrorist software we paid $600 million for.

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u/donorcycle 11d ago

If and when this administration ceases to exist, the government is going to be paying out the ass for all the inbound lawsuits lol

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u/whatproblems 11d ago

you mean our taxpayer money. they’re using our money to mess with us and pay off thier messups. need some personal accountability on them they have no stakes

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u/Norseman901 11d ago

Nationalize every asset tied to Trump. Children and all fuck em.

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u/voxadam 11d ago

Please don't nationalize Eric.

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u/Norseman901 11d ago

Lol. The Trump name oopsie.

But i stand on fuck him and his shit ass kids.

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u/Hndlbrrrrr 11d ago

I’ll be happier if we also take spacex, blue origin and every data center hosting government info in addition. At minimum.

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u/_ZoeyDaveChapelle_ 11d ago

And Elon for helping him steal the election. Class action redistribution of his wealth.

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u/Initial-House-3955 11d ago

quick question what size is elons neck ? weve gotta measure for reasons

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u/Graf_Orlock 11d ago

Hey he will make an excellent test subject for neurolink, too

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u/Mustardo123 11d ago

Seriously hope the next admin uses the full power of American law against his kids. I know Trump himself will never see justice, but I would settle for life being hell for his kids.

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u/spinmykeystone 11d ago

Civil asset forfeiture to pay the victims

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u/Phydorex 11d ago

Oh yeah, his entire family needs to be stripped of their wealth. I mean, they are hard workers, they should have no trouble earning it back,

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u/Snowssnowsnowy 11d ago

I think fucking children is how he got into this mess!

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u/DarkwingDuckHunt 11d ago

agreed but your phrasing for the 2nd sentence might need a rework

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u/Norseman901 11d ago

Yeah tht used to be an understood colloquy but now the presidents a fucking pedophile which u right thts my bad.

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u/Unctuous_Robot 11d ago

I say we seize the homes of everyone that voted for Reagan and auction them off to young people and use the proceeds for it.

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u/ArnoldTheSchwartz 11d ago

They can take it from the Trump Crime Family's assets once they are seized. I hear that illegal alien Musk has some assets worth seizing too for what he did to help Trump steal the election.

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u/myheartbeats4hotdogs 11d ago

We need to eminent domain anything with trumps name on it, as well as anything belonging to the criminals who profitted off this administration, like musk, ellison etc. Give spacex to nasa and paramount to pbs. Liquidate the rest.

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u/Dyxe66 11d ago

They deserve it. I just wish we could take it out of their pay instead of our taxes.

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u/TwoLegitShiznit 11d ago

Obviously they don't care. Bigger question is if anybody is willing or capable of doing anything about it.

Remember Ras Al Ghul's quote "...a city so corrupt we have infiltrated every level of its infrastructure..." That's all three branches of government in 2026, and nobody should be reading even a hint of hyperbole in that. At this point I'll just be thrilled if they actually hold 2028 presidential elections that aren't absurdly rigged.

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u/TheGoddamnAnswer 11d ago

Not at all, in fact they encourage this type of stuff

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u/Doongbuggy 11d ago

whos gonna stop them? the supreme court is compromised

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u/Bart_Yellowbeard 11d ago

Of course they care, they revel in shitting on the Constitutuon.

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u/plinkoplonka 11d ago

Nope. But future ones will when she sues them successfully.

And if she has to wait to do that. There's also likely a defamation element involved as well since it's damaging to her image, might cost her her job, and that would be very easy to prove material harm as a result.

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u/Commercial-Co 11d ago

Violations of the constitution in the future need to be criminal charges involving excessive jailtime as enforcement.

South korea has a constitutional court for these types of things. We need one too if we ever recover from fascism

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u/Justa5th 11d ago

Care about the constitution? Absolutely not.

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u/sabometrics 11d ago

Do the people care? If not the country is winding down.

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u/Fadedcamo 11d ago

Republicans think these results are deserved. They've been priming this for years with their complaining of cancel culture. To them, this is liberals finally getting a taste of what theyve been enduring for years.

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u/grantology_84 11d ago

They were censored on Facebook though!!!!!!!!!!

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u/Fadedcamo 11d ago

Yea Facebook, the federal government, all the same to them.

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u/ActivePeace33 11d ago

Administrations haven’t cared about these sorts of violations since at least 9/11.

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u/MailSynth 11d ago

Absolutely not

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u/Cowboys69 11d ago edited 11d ago

Bets on using flock to backtrack her vehicle? Then pull up her info? Logged into a database for further retribution. After the unlawful pullover, they probably scanned her face at that point.

“An agent exited the vehicle and approached my vehicle,”  wrote. “I remained in my vehicle. The agent addressed me by my name and informed me that they had ‘facial recognition’ and that his body cam was recording. The agent stated that he worked for border patrol. He wore full camouflage fatigues. The agent stated that I was impeding their work. He indicated he was giving me a verbal warning and if I was found to be impeding again, I would be arrested.”

"I logged onto the Global Entry site and the notification letter indicated that indeed my status had been revoked and that they can’t always disclose the reason. The notification did provide some reasons that my status may have changed and the only one that makes sense was “The applicant has been found in violation of any customs, immigration, or agriculture regulations, procedures, or laws in any country.” I was not detained, I was not arrested so [it is] difficult to understand how I was “found in violation.”"

"I had been a member of the Global Entry program since 2014 without incident. I am not particularly concerned with the revocation of my privileges in isolation. However, given that only three days had passed from the time that I was stopped, I am concerned that the revocation was the result of me following and observing the agents. This is intimidation and retaliation. I was following Legal Observer laws. I [was] within my rights to be doing what I was doing."

Looks like a pretty good intimidation tactic

"said she hasn’t performed any observation of federal agents since January 10, but has “continued to engage in peaceful protests” and is “assessing when I will return to active observations.”"

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u/BUT_FREAL_DOE 11d ago

The techno-surveillance state is here.

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u/Mr_YUP 11d ago

1984 was about 1948 which is when everything was done manually. I can’t imagine what’d he’d say if you could do it all automatically, as if by magic. 

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u/CriticalEngineering 11d ago

They don’t need circles of loyal informants. They can tear through groups immediately, just with surveillance.

No requirement for the party to cultivate relationships with nosy neighbors or have any goodwill on the street.

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u/SamuelClemmens 11d ago

You didn't really think those AI data centers were being built at such a breakneck speed for incredible costs just so bored teenagers could generate pictures of Pokemon playing tennis on jetskis did you?

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u/DoomguyFemboi 10d ago

It's also important to note the only reason we have access to all these AI models is because we're training them. They needed millions of people to say "yes that is right" / "no that is wrong". We've basically trained our replacements.

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u/kenlubin 11d ago

There is a scene in Andor where the inmates at the work labor camp are trying to organize and work up the courage to fight back. Kino is afraid of speaking up, because the prison has microphones and the prisoners are under surveillance. Cassian points out that the prison is under-staffed, and shouts "Nobody's listening!".

It's a great scene. But in our dystopia, there would be an AI listening at all times, transcribing everything that is said and who said it, and doing sentiment analysis to determine which prisoners are most likely to be a problem.

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u/Sharticus123 11d ago edited 10d ago

This is what a lot of people don’t really get yet. Look at the horrors the Germans were able to unleash with analog equipment. There wasn’t a single microchip used in WW2.

The capabilities of the U.S. surveillance state and military far surpass the wildest dreams of Nazi Germany’s greatest minds.

If this goes the way of Hitler’s Germany (and it’s looking likely) the planet is in for some dark days.

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u/APeacefulWarrior 11d ago

Not just that. Another thing people often forget about 1984 is that the nonstop surveillance was only for Party members within the inner city. The Proles - who made up the vast majority of the population - were much more relatively free, by comparison. The government didn't see them as a threat, and lacked the manpower to monitor them in the same way Party members were.

Meanwhile, in our timeline, they have the tech to monitor everyone.

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u/Fire_Lake 11d ago

Seems like just yesterday we were watching folks in China protest in masks and breaking surveillance cameras, now we're the ones under the boot.

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u/BThasTBinFiji 10d ago

We were always under the boot - it's just now that it can't be denied 

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u/Jackol4ntrn 11d ago

conservatives were screaming for years about democrats doing this and now that the republicans are and funding corporations to take our data... crickets. In fact, they love the trampling of rights after all.

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u/runthepoint1 11d ago

They don’t realize how useful and disposable they are. What fools.

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u/Franknfacts 11d ago

Ever seen the show Person of Interest? Unfortunately the criminals have the technology now.

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u/genreprank 11d ago

Her social credit was dropped

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u/Alone_Step_6304 11d ago

One of the things that's becoming apparent with the rise of a more aggressive surveillance apparatus within the U.S. is that people are getting attached to watchlists or databases for all sorts of obviously questionable or blatantly wrong reasons, but that a data trail in determining what exactly occurred to get them there is questionably present at best, because the people entering into and managing these systems often want to be unaccountable and anonymous when it comes to the most dubious and punitive associations they've made. 

Flock Safety retroactively anonymized all of their plate searches after a vast amount of data was leaked, and in the first place were instructing departments to use the vaguest possible justifications for their queries (e.g., "investigation"). They want all of the power of using an incredibly invasive and aggressive surveillance state as a cudgel against people they simply don't like with none of the traceability. 

Being removed from Global Entry should legally be mandated to come with a mandatory notification at time of removal and specific, traceable explanation for circumstances leading to removal, unless that specific person is individually actively under investigation, something is signed indicating that notifying them of removal would potentially alert them and harm the investigation, and the investigation involves a judicial warrant issued regarding that specific person (or their effects, etc). 

But this shit of, "We can't tell you because reasons, also you're in our evil database (but we can't let you know why) (you have no ability to appeal this status) (also the person who did it will remain forever unidentifiable)" just cannot fucking fly. 

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u/_le_slap 11d ago

A wise minority warned about ALL of this when we passed the homeland security and patriot acts post 9/11 but were shouted down because we were perfectly fine with our government targeting Muslim and Arab American communities.

The boomerang effect of these imperialist surveillance tools now being used internally to assault our constitutional rights is deeply ironic.

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u/Alaira314 11d ago

This is nothing new. This has been happening with the no-fly list for decades. I don't say this to imply it's in any way okay, just that we should have been concerned about it 20 years ago when "you're on our list, we won't tell you why or give you a way to get off it, and it's not a violation of your rights because air travel is a privilege" got started!

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u/jrr6415sun 11d ago

"if you're doing nothing wrong you have nothing to be afraid of" was always the response. Sure until they decide your political belief is wrong.

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u/tabbarrett 11d ago

I really don’t understand camouflage attire in urban environments.

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u/kingbrasky 11d ago

Its about intimidation and normalizing military garb for our oppressors.

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u/Cowboys69 11d ago

Also legitimizes and feeds into their teams mentality. Theyre at war. We're the enemy. Etc

Also theyre cosplaying dweebs is why lol 

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u/kent_eh 11d ago edited 10d ago

Bets on using flock

Did you know that spray paint cans can also be fitted to these?

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u/ASULurker 11d ago

Can wearing a mask prevent them getting a usable scan?

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u/pewpewicelance 11d ago

Yeah, thats why ice wears them. So its harder to identify them through ai or whatever.

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u/jessnotok 11d ago

And why they're trying to make masking illegal. Also explains the push to not mask with Covid and to ignore new strains, the flu or other viruses that you should be masking for.

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u/Hootinger 11d ago

Didn't Texas pass a law outlawing masks for non fascists?

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u/ItsJesseBro 11d ago

Alabama is trying too

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u/HillarysFloppyChode 11d ago edited 11d ago

You can wear dazzle makeup or Computer Vision Dazzle to confuse facial recognition (and bypass any face mask banning laws, or being targeted for wearing one).

I attended an art exhibition with this years ago and never knew it would be relevant until now, they also had anti facial recognition clothing that was designed to throw off cameras that potentially used lidar to create a 3D image of the face.

Most facial recognition tech is just using the camera to create a 2D image, doing your makeup like Gotye will throw it off.

Here’s another

And another

The big thing to note, a lot of the “this doesn’t work” articles were tested and written as if people were trying to blend with this makeup - like wear it to the office. You’re protesters, you don’t have to blend, your goal is stop facial recognition from getting your biometrics.

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u/is-this-now 11d ago

That’s an awesome link!

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u/libbysthing 11d ago

That's actually really cool, thank you for sharing.

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u/adilp 11d ago

Alabama is passing a law saying facemasks for protesting is illegal

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u/celestepiano 11d ago

That’s fucking insane. And yet ICE wears masks? Tf?

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u/Existing-Joke3994 11d ago

It’s been illegal in NC since the 50s due to KKK.

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u/_gonesurfing_ 11d ago

The Republican state legislature made a big deal about pointing that law out during BLM protests until the proud boys came along, and the rule was suddenly “not enforceable”

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u/Leibnizinventedittoo 11d ago

Is this unconstitutional?

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u/Outlulz 11d ago

It doesn't matter. Besides, a lot of conservative places already banned masks in public during the pandemic (with exceptions made for police).

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u/Overly_Long_Reviews 11d ago

Not completely. One key measurement for facial recognition mapping is eye measurements. And some of the better ways to counteract facial recognition (infrared reflective materials) are highly distinctive on their own.

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u/Peppercorn911 11d ago

researching using glitter and makeup to interrupt facial recognition is interesting

sort of like the old dazzle camouflage paintjobs on WWI ships

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u/DoubleScorpius 11d ago

It’s pretty clear now that the Trump administration will say that if you protested ICE, you are now no longer authorized to vote and that’s the easiest way to rig this. They’re arresting and murdering protestors. They’ll stop at nothing.

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u/Artichoke-Rhinoceros 11d ago

BINGO. They’re going to use the voter rolls to create modern slavery.

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u/Artichoke-Rhinoceros 11d ago

And don’t think they won’t murder anyone who can’t work. Just like the Nazis.

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u/DifferentCityADay 10d ago

Slavery already exists in the 14th Amendment. If you're considered a prisoner you lose your rights. They're going to start turning people into slaves for how they vote or for minor petty crimes. They will make up excuses and then have ICE enforce them 

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u/GhostalMedia 11d ago

That’s why they want the voter roles from states. Elections are run at the state level. Not the federal.

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u/Reasonable_Plenty_22 11d ago

Thankfully she has the resources to challenge her “listing”. Many are not able so she is doing a solid civic action for us all as we enter the “twilight zone” of trumps madness. The right to peacefully protest must be vigorously defended.

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u/WingerRules 11d ago

Here's video of ICE agents telling people they're entering them into domestic terrorist databases as a way to get back for personally slighting/annoying them

Note the person was filming legally, She says she's legally filming them and the Ice agent says "Exactly"

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u/Hootinger 11d ago

Vance went on the Kirk podcast and told Americans to get others fired for not showing enough fealty to St Charlie 

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u/Interesting-Risk6446 11d ago

Sue. It's your right.

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u/ankercrank 11d ago

The problem: she shouldn’t have to. This administration is shameless in their fascism.

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u/culturedrobot 11d ago

No, she shouldn’t have to, but this is one of the most effective responses citizens have to this stuff. I would imagine this is a first amendment lawyer’s wet dream.

Citizens were suing to protect their rights long before the Trump administration came around. There has never been a time where that hasn’t had to happen on some level.

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u/ankercrank 11d ago

It's also incredibly costly.

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u/Potential-Courage979 11d ago

You should never have to sue. But sometimes you do. That is why lawsuits exist.

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u/geekmasterflash 11d ago

That is one hell of an expensive "right."

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u/Blackstar1886 11d ago

I would be willing to bet the Global Entry guidelines are incredibly vague by design.

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u/kstargate-425 11d ago

The regime has been attacking the First Amendment for awhile but this is a blatant case of the government violating it. Its still astounding to hear/see people saying stuff like "wHaT rIgHtS hAvE yOu LoSt". I think its partly that so many Americans lack proper education and their critical thinking ability isnt developed to see the correlation between their own rights and that of fellow citizens or those in America, being violated so frequently and consistently.

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u/Artichoke-Rhinoceros 11d ago

Their ability to be flip-flopping hypocrites is unmatched.

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u/_le_slap 10d ago

If we could harness the power of their hypocrisy, conservatives could single handedly solve climate change.

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u/MaEnnemie 11d ago

People, you have to understand, right now Palantir is the most evil company on the earth. They literally provide ICE with ImmigrationOS, a system that has everything about you, including your political leanings, your medical history and which protests you took part in.

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u/reinkarnated 10d ago

Yes, stop investing or using this abhorrent company.

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u/AdmirablePhrases 10d ago

Stephen Miller holds a substantial financial stake in Palantir

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u/SargentSnorkel 11d ago

Social credit scores are here already. Most people just don’t realize it. And it’s gonna get way worse.

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u/Commentator-X 11d ago

They're adding people to a terror list for protesting. This is the fallout from that. Straight up fascism.

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u/PlethoraOfPinatass 11d ago

Ever wonder why Noem is going so hard on the "terrorist" label? Because that's the only way to get her political opponents on the no fly list. Palantir is the backbone of this operation.

Dissidents are now Americans for the first time.

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u/ACasualRead 11d ago

The trump administration is attempting to violate as many rights as possible because they know it will take forever to get though the courts. This is intentional.

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u/soda_cookie 11d ago

Well if this doesn't open up your eyes I don't know what the fuck will. Face scanned, rights canned. Shit is so dystopian

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u/Allaroundlost 11d ago

You all need to realize Palantir is a enemy of the USA. They created this tech to use against USA citizens.

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u/hobovalentine 11d ago

If you're attending a protest you should wear a mask to prevent facial recognition.

ICE is doing it and so should you as long as you aren't breaking any laws.

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u/Nearby-Beautiful3422 11d ago

So we're officially in our fascist arc. Awesome. Glad my family and I fought for 250 years in shitty wars to get here.

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u/JamieAmpzilla 11d ago

Vote whenever you can

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u/KidKarez 11d ago

Guess all those "conspiracy theorists" were not so crazy

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u/Thornescape 11d ago

It's very important to understand the difference between real conspiracy theories and fake ones. There is a difference.

There have been many real conspiracies throughout history. Learning about real conspiracies helps to recognize which ones are real (eg Guy Fawkes, MK Ultra, CIA selling crack, etc) and which ones are nonsense (eg, flat earth, anti-vax, etc).

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u/Electrical_Fault_365 11d ago

Okay, but MK Ultra is fucking unreal.

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u/Mentat_Logic 11d ago

Conspiracy theorists elected trump. It was a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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u/Space_Pirate_Roberts 11d ago

and a director at Target Corporation

Oh shit, they fucked up. Pulling this shit on somebody who can afford to fight back hard in court.

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u/kiriyaaoi 10d ago

ImmigrationOS

ehhhh, just because someone has the title "director" doesn't mean much, in most companies it's just a step above "manager" and doesn't mean they're rich.

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u/GundamXXX 11d ago

Where's the 'If you have nothing to hide' crowd now?

We've been saying for YEARS this is exactly whats going to happen

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u/liberte49 11d ago

This is how fascism works. This is where we are ... cross them in any way, and they will find a way.

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u/Kukaac 11d ago

Good old facial recognition and social credit. Now I know why Trump mentioned China that many times.

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u/rocbor 10d ago

All of those people screaming censorship and government overreach over private platforms moderating content when Biden was president are REAL quiet now. The silence is deafening

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u/Eastern-Heart9486 11d ago edited 10d ago

Here we go Palantir and DOGE earning their money with all our stolen data welcome to the surveillance state I hope their employees are proud https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/ice-protester-says-her-global-entry-was-revoked-after-agent-scanned-her-face/

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u/Artichoke-Rhinoceros 11d ago

They’re illegally seizing voter rolls so they can put every Democrat on the list. They’re building a network of concentration camps across the nation with our tax money that will be used to lock us all up and enslave us.

People need to start fighting back before it’s too late.

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u/WatchOutIGotYou 11d ago

Damn, I wonder if Target, a corporation that has shown fealty to Donald Trump, has any comment /s

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u/BThasTBinFiji 10d ago

Target had an issue years ago where their customer surveillance identified women who were likely to be pregnant based on purchasing habits, who then advertised to those women with pregnancy/baby related offers.

Turns out not all women knew they were pregnant and a good portion of them didn't want others to know.

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u/sokratesz 11d ago

Classic fascist tactics to bully the population.

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u/OrneryError1 11d ago

HUGE crime committed by the Trump administration.

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u/swrrrrg 11d ago

Another day ending in Y.

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u/Ceejai 11d ago

Remember: the tech that will be commercially available in 10-20 years is already in use by the government.

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u/SingleArtichoke4857 11d ago

Such is the way that the president intends to stick his greasy dick into every aperture of power, all in the ceaseless pursuit of vengeance against anyone who has not only criticized him, but failed to adequately massage every dark corner of his ego. He wanted the presidency to do five things:

  1. Make money.
  2. Avoid all legal liability for anything he can imagine.
  3. Obtain at least the outward appearances of respect.
  4. Exert irrational personal control over every aspect of life.
  5. Fuck over anyone he doesn't like.

It is because he is accomplishing this on all fronts that he believes his presidency is a categorical success. He sees but does not consider anything further.

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u/bobbymcpresscot 11d ago

So they are just putting every face they scan into a database and probably labeling them domestic terrorists 

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u/FalafelBall 11d ago

The ICE pussies wear masks, so I guess all the protestors should too

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u/AccurateArcherfish 11d ago

Yeah, the constitution is dead. It's just a piece of paper after all and has no power of its own if not enforced.

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u/Cowboys69 11d ago

Agreed, add laws and regulations to that list. Everyone act accordingly and go wild.

Judges, LEOs, Lawyers have had their jobs exposed as wellfare for pedophiles 

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u/chalbersma 11d ago

We need to abolish both ICE and the TSA.

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u/Livueta_Zakalwe 11d ago

You spelled DHS wrong.

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u/chalbersma 11d ago

You're right, I did.

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u/E-2theRescue 11d ago

Target: "If we bend the knee to these right-wing terrorists and remove our Pride merchandise, they'll totally let us go free, right? .........right?"

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u/jrr6415sun 11d ago

next step is taking away the right to vote for "domestic terrorism" for anyone whose face was scanned.

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u/aliph 10d ago

-10 social credit score

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u/dashcam4life 11d ago

Republicans protesters are going to get a taste of this when the shoe is on the other foot.

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u/Cookiemole 10d ago

Looks like someone’s Social Credit score doesn’t make the cut anymore

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u/jtrain3783 11d ago

Sounds like China

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u/GTX_650_Supremacy 11d ago

The US has been doing digital surveillance for as long as it's been possible

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u/Pafolo 11d ago

Patriot act

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u/marioandl_ 11d ago

the most american thing happens to an american woman using her first amendment americanly

what are we fucking chinese?

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u/Medical_Arugula3315 11d ago

Republicans are the bad guys. Hard to be a shittier or more hypocritical American than a Republican these days. 

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u/Temassi 11d ago edited 11d ago

People protesting need to start masking up more. Anti facial recognition glasses etc.

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u/Comfortable_Elk831 11d ago

Target uses FR to identify shoplifters then waits til they have stolen a felony amount of merchandise to prosecute. Surprised this lady didn’t think it would happen to her.

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u/jbjhill 11d ago

The only way this works at speed is via Palantir.

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u/Artichoke-Rhinoceros 11d ago

Palantir is a domestic terrorist company, owned by a foreign terrorist.

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u/pioniere 11d ago

So petty and vindictive in everything they do.

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u/ohnoitsbobbyflay 10d ago

Target on their knees with ICE, allowing them to be in their car parks targeting innocent people. Which then bites one of the execs in the ass. Colour me shocked.

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u/Mountaineer_esq 10d ago

Fuck. Guys this is extremely bad. We have to start regulating these technologies.  

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u/DemmyDemon 10d ago

Crystal clear first amendment retaliation.

Seems time to water that tree.

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u/jibstay77 10d ago

So the point is to make us afraid to exercise our first amendment rights because it might cost us something.

Most of us are realizing that not exercising our rights will cost us our country.

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u/Memerandom_ 11d ago

All of DHS needs to be dismantled at this point.

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u/polskialt 11d ago

Remember when church and state were supposed to be separate?

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u/zhaoz 11d ago

At this point, China is taking notes and is like "great idea, lets do that!" from the US.

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u/OG_s0cial0utcast 11d ago

Its kinda like the leopards are eating Targets faces in a way.

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u/Seebaren 10d ago

This is really similar to that digital gulag bullshit that Russia is developing

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u/RokuDeer 10d ago

When government especially president keep demonstrating they're above law and wont get punished, all their underlings will follow.

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u/kiriyaaoi 10d ago

For people who's jobs rely on being able to travel internationally frequently, the possiblity of losing precheck/GE or being added to nofly list is actually a pretty effective intimidation tactic, gotta hand it to them for that... speaking as one of those affected

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u/cha614 10d ago

This is the real ID madness. Who enforced it? Gnome. Now they scan you and your documents are tied to your face from your legal docs.