ICE’s surveillance app is a techno-authoritarian nightmare

This article discusses the dangers of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) surveillance app, Mobile Fortify, which allows agents to obtain vast amounts of information on anyone by scanning their face. The app has been used over 100,000 times, including on children, and can scan for a person's face or fingerprints in government databases that include more than 200 million images. The article highlights the potential for misuse of this technology, including the possibility of misidentification and the retention of data for 15 years. The author argues that this unchecked accumulation of citizen information creates the architecture for authoritarian rule and threatens the foundations of democracy.