Wir können uns also den #Sozialstaat nicht mehr leisten, sagt der #NichtMeinKanzler.
Ich denke wir können es uns nicht mehr leisten Steuerschlupflöcher nicht zu schließen und "Reiche" nicht an ihren Vermögen bemessen am Sozialstaat zu beteiligen, auch z.B. Beamte vom Sozialstaat ihre Pensionen beziehen ohne eingezahlt zu haben und vieles mehr.
Wenn diese 'Probleme' angefasst werden können wir uns auch den Sozialstaat leisten.
Quiz: Are You Guys Dating or Is He Just Using You for Your Air Conditioning?
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Quiz: Are You Guys Dating or Is He Just Using You for Your Air Conditioning?
Was that a date, or just a friendly hang? Should you delete Hinge, or is he just casually giving it to you raw three nights a week? Are you guys dating, or is he just using you for your air conditioning? These are all tough questions, but that last o…Amy Currul (The Hard Times)
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Ich glaube, das ist ein Krähen-Teenager, hat noch so ein cutes baby face und war ganz neugierig am Buffet heute. 🥺
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This’ll annoy the TERFs: Surprising sex reversal discovered in Australian birds
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Surprising sex reversal discovered in Australian birds
A University of the Sunshine Coast-led study has uncovered evidence that sex reversal is more common in wild birds than previously thought—with potential implications for threatened species.Clare McKay (Phys.org)
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Pixelfed for Android (v1.8.0) is now available on the Play Store!
This fixes several issues, including the bottom navigation bar bug. 🥳
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Tanto ci è voluto alle forze della maggioranza per concordare un testo comune, ancora in fase di limatura. Al centro dei negoziati la tragedia umanitaria, il rilascio degli ostaggi e la soluzione a due Stati. Ma in Medio Oriente l'Ue non tocca palla
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Anarchist Stickers Archive (@anarchist_stickers_archive@kolektiva.social)
Attached: 1 image "Contre toutes les dominations" (FR: Français) "Against all dominations" (EN: English) Source: telegram:@anarchiaautonomia Original: https://gateway.ipfs.anarchiststickersarchive.kolektiva.social
Se il vestito a fiori di Elisa Maino è il look più romantico di Venezia
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/it/moda/tendenze/a65965523/vestito-fiori-autunno-elisa-maino/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Se il vestito a fiori di Elisa Maino è il look più romantico di Venezia
Moda 2025: il vestito a fiori di Elisa Maino è chic, scopri l'abito a fiori, l'abito midi e il vestito midi da avere secondo le tendenze celebrityPaola Palazzo (Cosmopolitan)
Mondiali, è il Brasile l'avversario in semifinale dell'Italvolley femminile
https://www.agi.it/sport/news/2025-09-04/italia-brasile-semifinale-mondiale-pallavolo-33008364/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Pubblicato su Sport @sport-Agenzia_Italia
Apple highlights Brazilian study on domestic App Store performance
https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/04/apple-highlights-brazilian-study-on-domestic-app-store-performance/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Apple highlights study on Brazilian App Store performance - 9to5Mac
As the App Store faces increasing regulatory pressure in Brazil, Apple is highlighting a study as it triesto make its case against sideloading.Marcus Mendes (9to5Mac)
A tranquil corner of Howick Hall Gardens in Alnwick features a lush lawn dotted with young trees and flowering shrubs, framed by an old brick wall that hints at its #WalledGarden heritage. Surrounded by woodland and open lawns, the area offers sweeping #CountrysideViews perfect for quiet strolls and #NaturePhotography. The historic estate, renowned for its #HistoricGardens, blends formal plantings with natural landscapes, creating a serene escape for visitors. Its peaceful paths and #ScenicLandscapes make it a favorite spot for those seeking a connection with nature in the heart of rural Northumberland.
Taken Jun 2016
#ShotOniPhone #UKCountryPic #Photography #MastoGPT #WalledGarden #HistoricGardens #CountrysideViews #NaturePhotography #ScenicLandscapes #HowickHall #Alnwick #England #UnitedKingdom
Le scarpette slingback di Charlotte Casiraghi sono una promessa d'autunno
https://www.marieclaire.it/moda/look-star/a65979069/charlotte-casiraghi-slingback-pelle-nera/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Le scarpette slingback di Charlotte Casiraghi sono una promessa d'autunno
Moda scarpe 2025 in autunno: come abbinare le scarpette slingback.Camilla Noseda (Marie Claire)
A imagem mostra um pacote de toalhas de papel multiuso da marca "Social Clean" em uma prateleira de supermercado. O pacote contém duas rolos de toalhas, cada um com 30 toalhas de 19cm x 19cm, totalizando 60 toalhas. A embalagem é predominantemente branca com detalhes em vermelho e azul, e apresenta um personagem em traje de super-herói, sugerindo superabsorção. A frase "Super absorção" está destacada em amarelo e vermelho. O preço do pacote é de R$ 4,79, com opção de compra por unidade. A marca "Social Clean" é visível em letras grandes e em destaque.
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🔥 Photogrammetry = Next-Level Dentistry! 🔥
No more guesswork, no more endless scans. With photogrammetry, full-arch implant cases get micrometer precision, faster workflows, and perfect fits on the first try.
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#dentist #teeth #photogram #digital
Photogrammetry in Implant Dentistry: Full-Arch Precision
Explore how dental photogrammetry scanners enhance precision, streamline workflow, and boost patient comfort in full-arch implant dentistry.Digital Arches LLC
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iPhone 17 colors leak points to vibrant orange for Pro
https://9to5mac.com/2025/09/04/iphone-17-colors/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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iPhone 17 colors leak points to vibrant orange for Pro - 9to5Mac
We’re five days out from Apple’s iPhone 17 event, which means the last-minute leaks are more likely to be accurate....Zac Hall (9to5Mac)
Herr Merz sagt ja immer, das wir uns dies und das nicht mehr leisten können. Warum können wir uns Fehlentscheidungen wie die von Andy Scheuer leisten?
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Gescheiterte Pkw-Maut kostet Steuerzahler weitere Millionen
Als Folge der geplatzten Pkw-Maut musste der Bund bereits 243 Millionen Euro Schadenersatz an die eigentlich vorgesehenen Betreiber zahlen. Nun kommt noch einmal Geld hinzu.www.fr.de
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In merito alle recenti dichiarazioni di Claudio Locatelli sulla sua presunta partecipazione alla missione Global Sumud Flotilla con un cosiddetto “vascello stampa”, la delegazione italiana del Global Movement to Gaza smentisce categoricamente l’aggregazione alla missione di barche non precedentemente autorizzate.…
While PhD life is all about chasing deadlines and pushing out publications, the garden keeps its own pace. Tomatoes ripen in yellow, red & purple, pumpkins grow in a bright orange colour. Early autumn keeps me grounded. (Also: I LOVE how the air smells at this time of year.)
#PhDLife #Gardening #Vegetables #Harvest #Autumn
Va bene le tradizioni, ma anche il rinnovamento non guasta. Si dovrebbe parlare di proteggere tutte le attiviste e attivisti politici umanitari di qualsiasi nazione e non solo la fetta italiana già ora, non è poi cosi difficile. Giusto per evitare nel caso peggiore la gogna mediatica al ritorno in patria del "ve la siete cercata e abbiamo privatizzato la sanità per liberarvi". L'importante è solo alimentare il senso di colpa verso il dissenso in qualche modo
#PeaceAndLove #experience #Einaudi
The Washington Post: #EU leaders have come up with a “security for Kiev” scheme — to deploy troops further away from the front, train the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and restore the army’s resources.
But implementation is tied to Washington. American intelligence, air defense systems, and control technologies are needed.
@ukr_leaks_eng
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The Washington Post: EU leaders have come up with a “security for Kiev” scheme — to deploy troops further away from the front, train the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and restore the army’s resources. But implementation is tied to Washington.Telegram
Mai usare telecamere di sicurezza, soprattutto se non le si sa gestire....
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In vendita su web immagini di videocamere private da tutto il mondo - Notizie - Ansa.it
Catalogate per stanze e persone. Tariffe in base alla popolarità dei video (ANSA)Agenzia ANSA
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it's post your linux/bsd desktop day. actually, doesn't matter what os you use, but i assume most of my readers use linux/bsd
here's my heavily riced LXDE setup on debian 13 trixie
@neil Nice.
I thought my Brio 4K camera was fancy. Does yours appear as a usb webcam, or do you have a capture card somewhere?
Congress Pushes DHS for Details on ICE’s New Facial Recognition App
404 Media first revealed ICE’s new app, called Mobile Fortify, in June. Now members of a congressional committee are pressing DHS for more information, including ICE's legal basis for using the app inside the U.S.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
Data Privacy Framework: tiro salvezza superato!
@Informatica (Italy e non Italy 😁)
Non ci sarà, almeno per ora, un nuovo effetto Schrems III: la Corte di Giustizia UE ha respinto il ricorso per l'annullamento della decisione di adeguatezza relativo al Data Privacy Framework. Ma per il momento il quadro normativo per il trasferimento dati UE-USA ha solo superato un tiro salvezza
L'articolo Data
A second interview with Anthony Aguilar, whistleblower on the GHF sites in Gaza.
Aguilar details a typical day at a site -- a dehumanising, Hunger-Games scenario.
He also connects the dots to the recent massacre at Nasser Hospital: the IDF collects site data to identify "persons of interest", eg, journalists for later targeting.
Security staff on the for-profit sites earn up to $1500 blood money per day.
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#Gaza #USPol #EuroPol #Racism #Press #GHF @palestine .
GHF Contractor Tells All On Genocidal Israeli 'Aid' Plan (w/ Anthony Aguilar) | The Chris Hedges Report
Anthony Aguilar, a retired Green Beret, recalls his harrowing experiences in Gaza serving as a subcontractor for UG Solutions — from witnessing high tech surveillance to indiscriminate murder.Chris Hedges (The Chris Hedges Report)
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#YouTube #ゲーム実況 #おっさん
#Bluesky #TikTok はプロフから
もふさんとおじやんのゲーム実況チャンネル
[毎朝7:00に1本以上更新][ほぼ毎日Liveも1本以上公開][ショートは不定期] 「ゲームを楽しめ！」 火曜以外英雄伝説、レトロゲームなど他のゲーム。火曜はFF14(DQ10)。 レトロゲームからちょい古がメイン。まれに最新のまでやりたいゲームをただひたすらプレイ。 配信10000回、クリア本数1000本を目指す。 YoutubeLiveで生配信。配信後はメンバー優先、遅れてYouTubeに一般公開します。 応援していただける方はチャンネル登録、高評価、ご視聴、拡散をぜひ宜しくお願いしま…YouTube
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Met sport was je geen genocide wit
Met wielersponsoring kan je het imago van een land oppoetsen, maar geen genocide mee witwassen.apache.be
Holy shirt balls! Great news, buddy.
I've done a few interviews recently - some of which have been successful.
My tips (for what they're worth):
1 - Take a notebook both to make notes in and with some prepared questions in it. Make sure you say "do you mind if I refer to this" to be polite (IME, no-one ever minds).
2 - Take a couple of printed versions of your CV to leave behind.
And GOOD LUCK!
Thank you! How funny - I looked up yesterday whether it would be appropriate to take/make notes, as that was my intention. Haven't interviewed for a job in something like 20 years, so should be interesting. People still high-5, right?
@BonehouseWasps
My 'favourite' interview one way back before I started freelancing, I'd been fed a line from my recruitment dude to ask at the end, you know when they get to the 'any other questions' bit?
So yer man got to that bit and I said my line: "At this stage, do you have any reservations about my application that we could talk about now?"
He'd obvs heard it before, and sat back and gave a wry grin, and said "Just one. If i ask you to start on Monday, are you going to turn up in those bloody white socks?!"
I got the job 🤣
We finally got separate bins for compostable waste, first collection isn’t for a few weeks, but they gave us the schedule. It was every two weeks, the opposite week from our normal bins.
So I configured automations and notifications in #HomeAssistant to remind us which bins need to go out, along with a way to tell the house that we put the bins out to stop the reminders. I spent quite a bit of time tweaking it, messing with conditions and input booleans, figuring out the logic for which bin is due to go out without relying on a calendar event…
Today we got a letter saying they’re gonna collect the compostable bins the same day as the other bins. 🙃
GitHub - mampfes/hacs_waste_collection_schedule: Home Assistant integration framework for (garbage collection) schedules
Home Assistant integration framework for (garbage collection) schedules - mampfes/hacs_waste_collection_scheduleGitHub
@abulling ooh it supports San Diego.
I have built my own logic for this over the years. Our schedules are pretty consistent except when there is a holiday, so I built in that logic using a Holiday calendar plug in. I'll have to check this out.
What are you using to make sure the bins are out? I was going to try a BLE tag. My front yard camera can't see them, otherwise Frigate could detect them.
@motoridersd I’m using NFC tags on the bins for now.
Helper “Bin Reminders” turns on at 6pm the night before they have to go out, various things happen based on that. Scanning the NFC tag turns that off and turns on “Bins Out” which does other stuff (mainly puts a little icon on a dashboard), and then when I bring them back in I scan the NFC tag again which turns off “Bins Out”.
I can also toggle the helper via the UI or via Alexa, of course.
oh that's annoying. I was wondering about that.
I really liked this project and now that I've been deploying BLE Proxies, maybe it's time to tackle it
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Making Bluetooth the Beacon of Trash Day
Bluetooth beacons + Home Assistant = Smarter Waste Management. Learn how I track pickups, automate reminders, and revolutionize my waste management routine to never miss a pickup day.Kyle Niewiada
I’m not sure I’m bothered enough. 😆
(I’m totally gonna get some.)
hahaha that was my thought but now that you brought it up again I figured I might as well jump on it 😂
This also triggered by us missing the trash last week
This project has taken me back to the landscape of my childhood and youth in the marshlands of Southern Denmark. A place where as many as one million starlings gather in the spring and fall, prior to onwards migration, and set the stage for one of nature’s most spectacular phenomena. As the countless birds congregate in large murmurations before collectively settling in the reeds at dusk they put on an incredible show of collaboration and performance skills. And now and then, by the added drama of attacking birds of prey, the flock will unfold a breathtaking and veritable ballet of life or death. The starlings move as one unified organism that vigorously opposes any outside threat. A strong visual expression is created – like that of an ink drawing or a calligraphic brush stroke – asserting itself against the sky. Shapes and black lines of condensation form within the swarm, resembling waves of interference or mathematical abstractions written across the horizon. At times the flock seems to possess the cohesive power of super fluids, changing shape in an endless flux: From geometric to organic, from solid to fluid, from matter to ethereal, from reality to dream – an exchange in which real time ceases to exist and mythical time pervades. This is the moment I have attempted to capture – a fragment of eternity.
#noicemag #photography
14OhFour Launches Lumina: AI-Powered Legal Event Content Assistant
Legal marketing and technology agency, 14OhFour, has launched Lumina, an AI-powered tool designed to help law firm event, marketing, and business development teams create ‘compelling event content …Artificial Lawyer
Me and Casey Kasem (May 1992) in Moscow after an outdoor concert near Red Square. He was the long time host of American Top 40, a radio countdown show, and the voice of Shaggy in the Scooby-Doo cartoon series. www.xiomaro.com
#photography #xiomaro #TBT #music
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The Washington Post: #EU leaders have come up with a “security for Kiev” scheme — to deploy troops further away from the front, train the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and restore the army’s resources.
But implementation is tied to Washington. American intelligence, air defense systems, and control technologies are needed.
@ukr_leaks_eng
UKR LEAKS_eng
The Washington Post: EU leaders have come up with a “security for Kiev” scheme — to deploy troops further away from the front, train the Ukrainian Armed Forces, and restore the army’s resources. But implementation is tied to Washington.Telegram
Des tests de macro avec des petites gouttes de pluie.
La deuxième n'est pas très nette mais elle est amusante.
Tutti insieme mettendoci cuore e passione per unire ciò che può essere unito e mantenere diviso ciò che conviene mantenere diviso. Nelle liste d'attesa pubbliche ci sono gli elettori non i politici che si curano nelle cliniche private senza code. Per la caccia agli sprechi serve un team di comunicattori e attrici migliori per le sfide del presente e di domani
#defibrillatore #SanitaPubblica #HereandNow #tomorrow #manutenzionesicurezza
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Toxicity dei System Of A Down
New AI Model Turns Photos Into Explorable 3D Worlds, With Caveats - Slashdot
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: On Tuesday, Tencent released HunyuanWorld-Voyager, a new open-weights AI model that generates 3D-consistent video sequences from a single image, allowing users to pilot a camera path to "explore"…news.slashdot.org
One UI 8 fixes notification panel appearance for tablets!
Samsung has recently released the Galaxy Tab S11 series today, and it looks like that One UI 8 brings a long-awaited fix for the notification panel that has been plaguing tablet users since One UI 6.
Recently, a news report that 9to5Google made expressed their dissatisfaction about the current state of the notification panel, along with showcasing the notification panel for One UI 8 on tablets. You can refer to our current screenshot of the One UI 7 notification panel to see what we’re talking about.
As you can see, the notification panel consumes the entire screen, and it looks unoptimized for tablets. On Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, it took this into account perfectly.
Now, it looks like that One UI 8 will bring the long-awaited fix for notification panels, which will greatly make your tablet’s notification panel look really like what they’re supposed to look like in tablets. Your notification panel will be a floating panel, similar to how the above picture talked about.
The wasted space that One UI 7 brought has been eliminated by letting you see what’s behind the notification panel for increased productivity. This works very similarly to how Android 4.2 Jelly Bean handled this for tablets. However, the status bar icons and the carrier name (or the Wi-Fi AP name) stays at the top, just like One UI 7.
One UI 8 will roll out to tablets starting from the Galaxy Tab S10 series in October, and this fix will be available for the Tab S10, S9, and S8.
#Android #GalaxyTabS11 #GalaxyTabS11Ultra #news #oneUi #OneUI8 #OneUI80 #Samsung #SamsungGalaxyTabS11 #SamsungGalaxyTabS11Ultra #smartphone #TabS11 #TabS11Ultra #Tech #Technology #update
Samsung is fixing notifications for Galaxy tablets in One UI 8 [Gallery]
Samsung is making an overdue change to notifications in One UI 8 on Galaxy tablets, finally forgoing a ton of wasted screen space.Ben Schoon (9to5Google)
Come this weekend to learn how to build platforms and help us make more! 🏡
On Saturday, starting from 1 pm, we will:
- find beams and cross beams
- prepare materials for assembly
- build platforms on the ground
(Possibility of swing making workshop)
On Sunday, starting from 1 pm, we will:
- finish platforms
- introduction to pulley system
- put up platforms
- skillshare on lashing and hanging (knots)
(Possibility to participate in art installation)
Bring sleeping equipment if staying longer
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Un popolare canale Telegram ha falsamente affermato che si tratta di uno “scacco matto ai piani statunitensi” e ha perfino condiviso una mappa che mostra un percorso diverso rispetto a quello già confermato, per sviare gli utenti. Il viceministro degli…
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Videoschnitt: Adobe bringt Premiere Pro auf das iPhone
Adobe bringt seine Videosoftware Premiere Pro aufs iPhone. Die Basis-App mit Export für soziale Medien ist kostenlos, für KI-Funktionen berechnet Adobe Credits.
ウクライナ支援の有志国会合開催、安全の保証を協議 | ロイター
ウクライナ支援の有志国会合が４日、パリで始まった。ウクライナとフランスの大統領、パリ・エリゼ宮での４日の代表撮影（２０２５年 ロイター）WALKNEWS (WALK NEWS)
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Congress Pushes DHS for Details on ICE’s New Facial Recognition App
Members of a congressional committee have demanded Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem for more information about Mobile Fortify, Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) new facial recognition app, which taps into an unprecedented array of government databases and uses a system ordinarily reserved for when people enter or exit the U.S. 404 Media first revealed the app in June.
The Democratic lawmakers, Bennie G. Thompson, J. Luis Correa, and Shri Thanedar, are asking Noem a host of questions about the app, including what databases Mobile Fortify searches, the tool’s accuracy, and ICE’s legal basis for using the app to identify people outside of ports of entry, including U.S. citizens.
“Congress has long had concerns with the Federal government’s use of facial recognition technology and has regularly conducted oversight of how DHS utilizes this technology. The Mobile Fortify application has been deployed to the field while still in beta testing, which raises concerns about its accuracy,” the letter from the Committee on Homeland Security and addressed to Noem reads.
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Do you know anything else about this app? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.
404 Media first revealed Mobile Fortify’s existence through leaked emails. Those emails showed that ICE officers could use the app to identify someone based on their fingerprints or face by just pointing a smartphone camera at them. The underlying Customs and Border Protection (CBP) system for the facial recognition part of the app is ordinarily used when people enter or leave the U.S. With Mobile Fortify, ICE then turned that capability inwards to identify people away from ports of entry.
In the footnotes of the letter, the lawmakers indicate they have a copy of a similar email, and the letter specifically cites 404 Media’s reporting.
In July 404 Media published a second report based on a Mobile Fortify user manual which explained the app’s capabilities and data sources in more detail. It said that Mobile Fortify uses a bank of 200 million images, and can pull up a subject’s name, nationality, date of birth, “alien” number, and whether a judge has marked them for deportation. It also showed that Mobile Fortify links databases from the State Department, CBP, the FBI, and states into a single tool. A “super query” feature lets ICE officers query multiple databases at once regarding “individuals, vehicles, airplanes, vessels, addresses, phone numbers and firearms.”
“Face recognition technology is notoriously unreliable, frequently generating false matches and resulting in a number of known wrongful arrests across the country. Immigration agents relying on this technology to try to identify people on the street is a recipe for disaster. Congress has never authorized DHS to use face recognition technology in this way, and the agency should shut this dangerous experiment down,” Nathan Freed Wessler, deputy director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, previously told 404 Media.
In their letter the lawmakers ask Noem questions about the app’s legality, including ICE’s legal basis to use the app to conduct biometric searches on people outside ports of entry; the databases Mobile Fortify has access to; any agreements between CBP and ICE about the app; information about the usage of the app, such as the frequency of ICE searches using the tool and what procedures ICE officials follow with the app; the app’s accuracy; and any policies or training to ICE agents on how to use the app.
“To ensure ICE is equipped with technology that is accurate and in compliance with constitutional and legal requirements, the Committee on Homeland Security is conducting oversight of ICE’s deployment of the Mobile Fortify application,” the letter says.
CBP acknowledged a request for comment but did not provide a response in time for publication. ICE did not respond to a request for comment.
You can find a copy of the letter here.
Inside ICE’s Supercharged Facial Recognition App of 200 Million Images
404 Media has seen user manuals for Mobile Fortify, ICE’s new facial recognition app which allows officers to instantly look up DHS, State Department, and state law enforcement databases by just pointing a phone at someone’s face.Joseph Cox (404 Media)
ICE Is Using a New Facial Recognition App to Identify People, Leaked Emails Show
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is using a new mobile phone app that can identify someone based on their fingerprints or face by simply pointing a smartphone camera at them, according to internal ICE emails viewed by 404 Media. The underlying system used for the facial recognition component of the app is ordinarily used when people enter or exit the U.S. Now, that system is being used inside the U.S. by ICE to identify people in the field.The news highlights the Trump administration’s growing use of sophisticated technology for its mass deportation efforts and ICE’s enforcement of its arrest quotas. The document also shows how biometric systems built for one reason can be repurposed for another, a constant fear and critique from civil liberties proponents of facial recognition tools.
“The Mobile Fortify App empowers users with real-time biometric identity verification capabilities utilizing contactless fingerprints and facial images captured by the camera on an ICE issued cell phone without a secondary collection device,” one of the emails, which was sent to all Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) personnel and seen by 404 Media, reads. ERO is the section of ICE specifically focused on deporting people.
The idea is for ICE to use this new tool to identify people whose identity ICE officers do not know. “This information can be used to identify unknown subjects in the field,” the email continues. “Officers are reminded that the fingerprint matching is currently the most accurate biometric indicator available in the application,” it adds, indicating that the fingerprint functionality is more accurate than the facial recognition component.
The emails also show the app has a “training range,” a feature that lets ICE officers practice capturing facial images and fingerprints in a “training non-live environment.”
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Do you know anything else about this app? I would love to hear from you. Using a non-work device, you can message me securely on Signal at joseph.404 or send me an email at joseph@404media.co.A video posted to social media this month shows apparent ICE officers carefully pointing their phones at a protester in his vehicle, but it is not clear if the officers were taking ordinary photos or using this tool.
Broadly, facial recognition tools work by taking one image to be tested and comparing it to a database of other images. Clearview AI for example, a commercially available facial recognition tool which is used by law enforcement but which doesn’t appear to be related to this ICE tool, compares a photo to a massive database of peoples’ photos scraped from social media and the wider web.
For the facial recognition capability of this ICE tool, the emails say Mobile Fortify is using two government systems. The first is Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Traveler Verification Service. As part of the Traveler Verification Service, CBP takes photos of peoples’ faces when they enter the U.S. and compares these to previously collected ones. In an airport those can include photos from a passport, visa, or earlier CBP encounters, according to a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) previously published by CBP. With land crossings, that can include a gallery of “frequent” crossers for that port of entry, the PIA adds.
The second is the Seizure and Apprehension Workflow. This is what the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) describes as an “intelligence aggregator,” bringing together information related to searches and seizures.
“The app uses CBP's Traveler Verification Service and the Seizure and Apprehension Workflow that contains the biometric gallery of individuals for whom CBP maintains derogatory information for facial recognition,” the email reads. The exact definition of derogatory information in this context is not clear but 404 Media has previously reported on a database that ICE uses to find “derogatory” speech online.
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One of the internal ICE emails says the app also has a “Super Query” functionality, which is available to ICE officers who also have access to another CBP system called the Unified Passenger Login system (UPAX) which is used for passenger vetting. “This additional tool allows the user to Super Query the facial or biometric results to better assist in determining the immigration status of the person in question,” the email says.One of the emails says the tool uses DHS’s Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT), the agency’s central biometric system, for the fingerprint matches.
ICE did not respond to a request for comment. CBP acknowledged a request for comment but did not provide a response in time for publication.
ICE already has access to other facial recognition tools. A 404 Media review of public procurement records shows at least $3,614,000 worth of contracts between the agency and Clearview, for example. Clearview’s tool may reveal a subject’s name and social media profiles. But the company’s results won’t include information on a person’s immigration status or other data held by the government, whereas a government curated tool might.
“This information can be used to identify unknown subjects in the field.”
The Mobile Fortify app is just the latest example of ICE turning to technological solutions to support its deportation mission. 404 Media previously revealed Palantir, for example, was working with ICE to build a system to help find the location of people flagged for deportation as part of a $30 million contract extension. Palantir is now a “more mature partner to ICE,” according to leaked internal Palantir discussions 404 Media obtained.At first facial recognition was a capability only available to the government. Over the last several years the technology has proliferated enough that ordinary members of the public can access commercially available tools that reveal someone’s identity just with a photo, or build their own tailored tools. On Tuesday 404 Media reported that a site called ‘FuckLAPD.com’ is able to identify police officers using a database of officer photos obtained through public records requests. The same artist who made that tool also created one called ICEspy, which is designed to identify employees of ICE, although the underlying data is out of date.
ICE officers are consistently wearing masks, neck gaiters, sunglasses, and baseball caps to mask their identity while detaining people.
According to internal ICE data obtained by NBC News, the Trump administration has arrested only 6 percent of known immigrant murderers. Meanwhile, ICE continues to detain nonviolent, working members of immigrant communities who have lived in the country for decades, particularly in Los Angeles. NBC News says almost half of the people currently in ICE custody have neither been convicted or charged with any crime.
In May, the Trump administration gave ICE a quota of 3,000 arrests a day.
Trump administration sets quota to arrest 3,000 people a day in anti-immigration agenda
The target was delivered by Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem, and triples figures fromearlier this yearJosé Olivares (The Guardian)
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