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"textContent": "\n\nThe Department of Homeland Security has switched to a mobile facial recognition system that combines two of the worst qualities a government surveillance tool can have: it tramples privacy and doesn't work, especially when analyzing non-whites.\n\nUnder claims of \"efficiency,\" DHS and its subagencies are now using the smartphone app \"Mobile Fortify\" to identify people in the field. — Read the rest \n\nThe post Invasive and ineffective: DHS's facial recognition system appeared first on Boing Boing.",
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