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ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

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Re: ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

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Post by orwin »

pessimizer wrote: post #12
tokai wrote: post #3

But aren't they still resisting wearing body cameras?

That's not what was happening. Anti-ICE activists are now against body cameras. > https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/07/democrats-fear-body... But when Democrats are back in power, they'll be for it. They'll issue these these exact same smart glasses, from this same vendor, to all law enforcement as the way to "Eliminate Trump's ICE. "

First, read the post you linked before. Second, the "but the other side is bad too", even if true (and i am sure it will be true for some) is the most birdbrain take. Do you think the democrat will suddenly have 6 supreme court judges authorizing this kind of shit?

Re: ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

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Post by cyanydeez »

loudmax wrote: post #22

While it's theoretically possible that this technology could work effectively, given the people involved, this project is probably a complete bamboozle that will divert funds away from enforcing the deportation of immigrants. In that light, it's probably a good thing.

You're overthinking it. They're going to give Meta a lot of money for the existing glasses to do the same thing but slap a stamp called 'secure' on them.

It's just some grift economy.

Re: ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

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Post by zghst »

hosel wrote: post #32
cdrnsf wrote: post #19

Abolish ICE and DHS. Everyone who works as an ICE ERO agent should be prosecuted and/or barred from any and all future public service.

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It's like a game to be the shittiest of the shittiest gov't official playing around with technology to surveillance state (and they never ever just do the right thing, they go all out on breaking the law because technology is fun)

Re: ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

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Post by rexpop »

pessimizer wrote: post #12
tokai wrote: post #3

But aren't they still resisting wearing body cameras?

That's not what was happening. Anti-ICE activists are now against body cameras. > https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/07/democrats-fear-body... But when Democrats are back in power, they'll be for it. They'll issue these these exact same smart glasses, from this same vendor, to all law enforcement as the way to "Eliminate Trump's ICE. "

Cool counterfactual, bro.

Re: ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

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Post by cdrnsf »

hosel wrote: post #32
cdrnsf wrote: post #19

Abolish ICE and DHS. Everyone who works as an ICE ERO agent should be prosecuted and/or barred from any and all future public service.

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Rampant civil rights violations and murder, for starters.

Re: ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

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Post by FireBeyond »

dashundchen wrote: post #26
JohnTHaller wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You mean like Trump's pool guy ruining the reflecting pool?

An "emergency" no-bid contract awarded to a company with connections to Trump that has increased from $2 million to $15 million. And doesn't fix any underlying issues with the pool leaks. Small potatoes compared to estimated $7 billion in insider trades made on oil and betting markets, front running announcements on the illegal Iran war. [0] The corruption is sickening. [0] https://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/7-Bil…

"$15M here, $15M there, and sooner or later you're talking about real money!"

Re: ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

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Post by FireBeyond »

tokai wrote: post #3

But aren't they still resisting wearing body cameras?

Or just outright avoiding it. When Michael Reinhoel was shot in Lacey, WA, a few minutes away from me (and I was actually a paramedic at the time, on duty, but not dispatched to this), by the US Marshals, there was a distinct oddity that no-one really picked up on.

> A U.S. Marshals Service spokesperson said the task force attempted to arrest Reinoehl, and officers shot him after he produced a gun and fled on foot. The team included officers from the Pierce County Sheriff's Department

Wait, Pierce County? That County's border is miles away from unincorporated Lacey, and the "center" is effectively 30 miles (Lacey is a tri-city with Olympia and Tumwater, and Pierce County's seat is Tacoma). Why PCSO, and not Thurston County SO?

Well, the other agencies involved (like the WA DOC, which was an odd inclusion) don't (or didn't, this was 2020) wear bodycams. TCSO... does. PCSO... doesn't.

There was already a belief that he would not survive an encounter with LE, but without commenting on that, it's odd that you'd choose not to involve the agency who would ordinarily be responsible for that geographic area, just to use one from the next county.

So no bodycam footage of his final moments exists.

Re: ICE to Develop Own Smart Glasses to 'Supplement' Its Facial Recognition App

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

bcraven wrote: post #34
apparent wrote: post #28

How is anyone reading this article? I hit a paywall and didn't see how to read the whole thing.

You could pay. 404 does stirling work.

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