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ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies

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Re: ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies

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Post by afavour »

I’ll save you a click: yes, of course it was a no bid contract. And:

> The procurement did not require the system to clear FedRAMP, the government’s security review for cloud systems handling sensitive data, before deployment. It described no independent audit, congressional notification or outside review of how the system would be used.

I don’t know how the US charts a path back from all this. There are going to be so many breaches to fix.

Re: ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies

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Post by JohnMakin »

afavour wrote: post #2

I’ll save you a click: yes, of course it was a no bid contract. And: > The procurement did not require the system to clear FedRAMP, the government’s security review for cloud systems handling sensitive data, before deployment. It described no independent audit, congressional notification or outside review of how the system would be used. I don’t know how the US charts a path back from all this. There are going to be…

it’s over

Re: ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies

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Post by mikeyouse »

afavour wrote: post #2

I’ll save you a click: yes, of course it was a no bid contract. And: > The procurement did not require the system to clear FedRAMP, the government’s security review for cloud systems handling sensitive data, before deployment. It described no independent audit, congressional notification or outside review of how the system would be used. I don’t know how the US charts a path back from all this. There are going to be…

Torn between anger at all the incompetent chucklefucks getting rich off taxpayer money and gratitude at them bestowing these contracts on useless sycophants instead of competent organizations..

Re: ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies

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Post by black_13 »

afavour wrote: post #2

I’ll save you a click: yes, of course it was a no bid contract. And: > The procurement did not require the system to clear FedRAMP, the government’s security review for cloud systems handling sensitive data, before deployment. It described no independent audit, congressional notification or outside review of how the system would be used. I don’t know how the US charts a path back from all this. There are going to be…

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Re: ICE Awards $25M Iris-Scanning Contract to Bi2 Technologies

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Post by sneak »

> The award describes the purchase as covering iris biometric recognition technology and access to a biometric information system "to allow ICE agents to quickly authenticate the identity of subjects during field operations."

Note that absent reasonable articulable suspicion of a crime, law enforcement in the US cannot legally forcibly identify people.

This is federal shock troops (masked and unidentified, at that) gearing up for mass scale human rights violations. They are already flying facial recognition drones at extremely low altitudes over sidewalks in downtown LA and other places.

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