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Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE's Fingertips
2 months ago
- A leaked document reveals ICE's wide array of surveillance and investigative tools, including location data from smartphones, facial recognition, and anonymous online tools.
- The document, published by 404 Media, lists tools like Accurint (personal data), Chameleon (anonymous investigations), Locate X (smartphone location data), Cobwebs (social media tracking), and ISO ClaimSearch (insurance claims database).
- DHS defended ICE's use of technology, stating it is similar to other law enforcement agencies for investigating criminal activity.
- The document is dated May 2024 and may not reflect current capabilities, but ICE continues to spend heavily on personal data and surveillance technology.
- Some tools like ELITE and ImmigrationOS are not included, while RAVEn IGP is mentioned as a geospatial platform available to all ICE employees.
You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live
2 months ago
- When you open a credit card or change your address, that data is shared with credit bureaus and then sold to data brokers like Thomson Reuters without your explicit consent.
- ICE buys this credit header data through Thomson Reuters' CLEAR tool for immigration enforcement and voter fraud investigations, often without a warrant.
- The data supply chain involves Equifax and Experian providing credit header records to Thomson Reuters, which then sells access to government agencies like ICE.
- Privacy advocates and Senator Ron Wyden condemn this practice as a violation of privacy and call for legislative action to close legal loopholes.
- Data quality issues can lead to inaccurate address information, potentially causing ICE to target the wrong locations.
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposed a rule to restrict this data sale, but it was gutted under the Trump administration.
You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live
2 months ago
- Credit card companies share users' address information with credit bureaus like Equifax and Experian, which then sell it to data brokers.
- Thomson Reuters incorporates this 'credit header data' into its CLEAR investigative tool and sells access to ICE without a warrant.
- ICE uses CLEAR data for immigration enforcement and voter fraud investigations, and can query it without judicial oversight.
- The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) attempted to regulate this data sale but was gutted by the Trump administration.
- Data accuracy issues in CLEAR can lead ICE to target the wrong addresses, according to a Thomson Reuters employee.
- Senator Ron Wyden and advocates criticize the loophole, calling it a violation of privacy that disproportionately harms overpoliced communities.

ice surveillance

Leaked Document Shows the Surveillance Tech at ICE's Fingertips

You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live

You Opened a Credit Card. ICE Now Knows Where You Live