US lawmakers are investigating a company that sells people's phone location data to the FBI
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has opened an investigation into a data firm that sells people's smartphone location data to government agencies.
The company, Venntel, is facing scrutiny for the Democratic-led committee for its business of buying location data from various smartphone apps and selling that data to agencies including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. DHS used location data from Venntel to track down people who crossed the border into the US illegally, the Wall Street Journal reported in February.
More recently, the FBI updated its contract with Venntel in May, The Intercept reported Wednesday, although the terms of that contract have not been made public.
https://www.businessinsider.com/lawmakers-investigate-company-selling-phone-location-data-to-the-fbi-2020-6
#fbi #dhs #privacy
The House Committee on Oversight and Reform has opened an investigation into a data firm that sells people's smartphone location data to government agencies.
The company, Venntel, is facing scrutiny for the Democratic-led committee for its business of buying location data from various smartphone apps and selling that data to agencies including the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. DHS used location data from Venntel to track down people who crossed the border into the US illegally, the Wall Street Journal reported in February.
More recently, the FBI updated its contract with Venntel in May, The Intercept reported Wednesday, although the terms of that contract have not been made public.
https://www.businessinsider.com/lawmakers-investigate-company-selling-phone-location-data-to-the-fbi-2020-6
#fbi #dhs #privacy
Senate-passed defense spending bill includes clause giving DHS cyber agency subpoena power
The Senate version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) approved Thursday included a raft of measures designed to shore up federal cybersecurity, including a clause giving the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity agency subpoena power.
The provision, originally introduced by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) in December, would allow DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue subpoenas to internet service providers compelling them to release information on cyber vulnerabilities detected on the networks of critical infrastructure organizations.
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/508805-senate-passed-defense-spending-bill-includes-clause-giving-dhs-cyber
#us #dhs #cisa #surveillance
The Senate version of the annual National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) approved Thursday included a raft of measures designed to shore up federal cybersecurity, including a clause giving the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) cybersecurity agency subpoena power.
The provision, originally introduced by Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) in December, would allow DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) to issue subpoenas to internet service providers compelling them to release information on cyber vulnerabilities detected on the networks of critical infrastructure organizations.
https://thehill.com/policy/cybersecurity/508805-senate-passed-defense-spending-bill-includes-clause-giving-dhs-cyber
#us #dhs #cisa #surveillance
DHS Obtained Protesters' Encrypted Messages, Used Them To Craft 'Intelligence' Reports
The more the DHS inserts itself into the ongoing civil unrest, the more unrestful it gets. President Trump sent his federal forces to Portland, Oregon -- the first of many "democrat" cities the president feels are too violent/unrestful -- to protect federal buildings from violent graffiti outbursts or whatever. When the DHS arrived -- represented by the CBP, ICE, US Marshals, and other federal law enforcement -- it announced its arrival with secret police tactics straight out of the Gestapo playbook.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200801/16413745019/dhs-obtained-protesters-encrypted-messages-used-them-to-craft-intelligence-reports.shtml
#us #DHS #protesters #telegram #surveillance
The more the DHS inserts itself into the ongoing civil unrest, the more unrestful it gets. President Trump sent his federal forces to Portland, Oregon -- the first of many "democrat" cities the president feels are too violent/unrestful -- to protect federal buildings from violent graffiti outbursts or whatever. When the DHS arrived -- represented by the CBP, ICE, US Marshals, and other federal law enforcement -- it announced its arrival with secret police tactics straight out of the Gestapo playbook.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20200801/16413745019/dhs-obtained-protesters-encrypted-messages-used-them-to-craft-intelligence-reports.shtml
#us #DHS #protesters #telegram #surveillance
Homeland Security details new tools for extracting device data at US borders
The agency says it can now obtain details including your phone's location history, social media information, and photos and videos.
Travelers heading to the US have many reasons to be cautious about their devices when it comes to privacy. A report released Thursday from the Department of Homeland Security provides even more cause for concern about how much data border patrol agents can pull from your phones and computers.
In a Privacy Impact Assessment dated July 30, the DHS detailed its US Border Patrol Digital Forensics program, specifically for its development of tools to collect data from electronic devices. For years, DHS and border agents were allowed to search devices without a warrant, until a court found the practice unconstitutional in November 2019.
https://www.cnet.com/news/homeland-security-details-new-tools-for-extracting-device-data-at-us-borders/
#US #DHS #privacy #surveillance
The agency says it can now obtain details including your phone's location history, social media information, and photos and videos.
Travelers heading to the US have many reasons to be cautious about their devices when it comes to privacy. A report released Thursday from the Department of Homeland Security provides even more cause for concern about how much data border patrol agents can pull from your phones and computers.
In a Privacy Impact Assessment dated July 30, the DHS detailed its US Border Patrol Digital Forensics program, specifically for its development of tools to collect data from electronic devices. For years, DHS and border agents were allowed to search devices without a warrant, until a court found the practice unconstitutional in November 2019.
https://www.cnet.com/news/homeland-security-details-new-tools-for-extracting-device-data-at-us-borders/
#US #DHS #privacy #surveillance
CNET
Homeland Security details new tools for extracting device data at US borders
The agency says it can now obtain details including your phone's location history, social media information, and photos and videos.
The U.S. May Soon Scan New Immigrants’ Faces, Irises, Voices, and DNA
If enacted, the personal information of more than 70% of those applying for immigration will be entered into a DHS database.
The Department of Homeland Security is looking to scan the faces, irises, voices, and DNA of millions more people per year, according to new rules proposed by the agency.
The rules mean that DHS will collect sensitive data like iris scans, palm prints, and voice recordings from a projected 6 million people seeking to immigrate to the U.S. per year, including children under 14. If the rules go into effect as written, the personal information of more than 70% of those applying for immigration will be entered into a DHS database, depending on what kind of immigration status they’re applying for. Many will also have to pay an additional $85 biometrics processing fee.
DHS claims that the collection of data from children, especially their DNA, is meant to help fight human trafficking at the border by verifying that children are related to the adults transporting them across U.S. borders.
https://onezero.medium.com/the-u-s-may-soon-scan-new-immigrants-faces-iris-voices-and-dna-79634a05dfda
#US #DHS #biometrics #surveillance #privacy
If enacted, the personal information of more than 70% of those applying for immigration will be entered into a DHS database.
The Department of Homeland Security is looking to scan the faces, irises, voices, and DNA of millions more people per year, according to new rules proposed by the agency.
The rules mean that DHS will collect sensitive data like iris scans, palm prints, and voice recordings from a projected 6 million people seeking to immigrate to the U.S. per year, including children under 14. If the rules go into effect as written, the personal information of more than 70% of those applying for immigration will be entered into a DHS database, depending on what kind of immigration status they’re applying for. Many will also have to pay an additional $85 biometrics processing fee.
DHS claims that the collection of data from children, especially their DNA, is meant to help fight human trafficking at the border by verifying that children are related to the adults transporting them across U.S. borders.
https://onezero.medium.com/the-u-s-may-soon-scan-new-immigrants-faces-iris-voices-and-dna-79634a05dfda
#US #DHS #biometrics #surveillance #privacy
Medium
The U.S. May Soon Scan New Immigrants’ Faces, Irises, Voices, and DNA
If enacted, the personal information of more than 70 percent of those applying for immigration will be entered into a DHS database.
DHS Admits Facial Recognition Photos Were Hacked, Released on Dark Web
Traveler’s faces, license plates, and care information were hacked from a subcontractor called Perceptics and released on the dark web.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finally acknowledged Wednesday that photos that were part of a facial recognition pilot program were hacked from a Customs and Border Control subcontractor and were leaked on the dark web last year.
Among the data, which was collected by a company called Perceptics, was a trove of traveler’s faces, license plates, and care information. The information made its way to the Dark Web, despite DHS claiming it hadn’t. In a newly released report about the incident, the DHS Office of Inspector General admitted that 184,000 images were stolen and at least 19 of them were posted to the Dark Web.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jzbb/dhs-admits-facial-recognition-photos-were-hacked-released-on-dark-web
#US #DHS #face #recognition #photos #hacked
Traveler’s faces, license plates, and care information were hacked from a subcontractor called Perceptics and released on the dark web.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finally acknowledged Wednesday that photos that were part of a facial recognition pilot program were hacked from a Customs and Border Control subcontractor and were leaked on the dark web last year.
Among the data, which was collected by a company called Perceptics, was a trove of traveler’s faces, license plates, and care information. The information made its way to the Dark Web, despite DHS claiming it hadn’t. In a newly released report about the incident, the DHS Office of Inspector General admitted that 184,000 images were stolen and at least 19 of them were posted to the Dark Web.
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/m7jzbb/dhs-admits-facial-recognition-photos-were-hacked-released-on-dark-web
#US #DHS #face #recognition #photos #hacked
Vice
DHS Admits Facial Recognition Photos Were Hacked, Released on Dark Web
Traveler’s faces, license plates, and care information were hacked from a subcontractor called Perceptics and released on the dark web.
Department of Homeland Security Increases Efforts To Identify “Misinformation” and “Conspiracy Theories” on Social Media
Last Spring, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas ordered an internal review to identify how to best detect, prevent, and respond to threats related to domestic violent extremism within the department.
The unclassified initial report said that extremists, “exploit a variety of popular social media platforms, smaller websites with targeted audiences, and encrypted chat applications to recruit new adherents, plan and rally support for in-person actions, and disseminate materials that contribute to radicalization and mobilization to violence.”
One of the recommendations was to increase “efforts to better identify and evaluate mis- dis- and mal-information (MDM) with a homeland security nexus, including false or misleading conspiracy theories spread on social media and other online platforms that endorse violence.”
And now, the DHS has released a new report with the findings of the review.
“Every day, the more than 250,000 dedicated public servants at DHS work to ensure the safety and security of communities across our country. To ensure we are able to continue executing our critical mission with honor and integrity, we will not tolerate hateful acts or violent extremist activity within our Department,” said Mayorkas.
“The findings of this internal review highlight key steps that our Department will continue to take with urgency to better prevent, detect, and respond to potential internal threats related to domestic violent extremism, and protect the integrity of our mission.”
The report stated its previous report had highlighted that topics such as allegations of fraud in the 2020 election and “conspiracy theories” around COVID-19 would be worth focusing on, adding that the initial report last Spring said that these topics “will almost certainly spur some [domestic violent extremists] [sic] to try to engage in violence this year.”
➨ reclaimthenet.org/dhs-increases-efforts-to-identify-misinformation-online
➨ docs.reclaimthenet.org/UnclassSummaryofDVEAssessment-17MAR21.pdf
➨ docs.reclaimthenet.org/Report-to-the-Secretary-of-Homeland-Security-Domestic-Violent-Extremism-Internal-Review.pdf
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Last Spring, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas ordered an internal review to identify how to best detect, prevent, and respond to threats related to domestic violent extremism within the department.
The unclassified initial report said that extremists, “exploit a variety of popular social media platforms, smaller websites with targeted audiences, and encrypted chat applications to recruit new adherents, plan and rally support for in-person actions, and disseminate materials that contribute to radicalization and mobilization to violence.”
One of the recommendations was to increase “efforts to better identify and evaluate mis- dis- and mal-information (MDM) with a homeland security nexus, including false or misleading conspiracy theories spread on social media and other online platforms that endorse violence.”
And now, the DHS has released a new report with the findings of the review.
“Every day, the more than 250,000 dedicated public servants at DHS work to ensure the safety and security of communities across our country. To ensure we are able to continue executing our critical mission with honor and integrity, we will not tolerate hateful acts or violent extremist activity within our Department,” said Mayorkas.
“The findings of this internal review highlight key steps that our Department will continue to take with urgency to better prevent, detect, and respond to potential internal threats related to domestic violent extremism, and protect the integrity of our mission.”
The report stated its previous report had highlighted that topics such as allegations of fraud in the 2020 election and “conspiracy theories” around COVID-19 would be worth focusing on, adding that the initial report last Spring said that these topics “will almost certainly spur some [domestic violent extremists] [sic] to try to engage in violence this year.”
➨ reclaimthenet.org/dhs-increases-efforts-to-identify-misinformation-online
➨ docs.reclaimthenet.org/UnclassSummaryofDVEAssessment-17MAR21.pdf
➨ docs.reclaimthenet.org/Report-to-the-Secretary-of-Homeland-Security-Domestic-Violent-Extremism-Internal-Review.pdf
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#dhs
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DHS increases efforts to identify “misinformation” and “conspiracy theories” on social media
A new report has been published.
New documents reveal ‘huge’ scale of US government’s cell phone location data tracking
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used mobile location data to track people’s movements on a much larger scale than previously known, according to new documents unearthed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
It’s no secret that U.S. government agencies have been obtaining and using location data collected by Americans’ smartphones. In early 2020, a Wall Street Journal report revealed that both Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought access to millions of smartphone users’ location data to track undocumented immigrants and suspected tax dodgers.
However, new documents obtained by the ACLU through an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit now reveal the extent of this warrantless data collection. The 6,000-plus records reviewed by the civil rights organization contained approximately 336,000 location points across North America obtained from people’s phones. They also reveal that in just three days in 2018, CBP obtained records containing around 113,654 location points in the southwestern United States — more than 26 location points per minute.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/18/homeland-security-cell-phone-tracking
#dhs #location #tracking
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used mobile location data to track people’s movements on a much larger scale than previously known, according to new documents unearthed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).
It’s no secret that U.S. government agencies have been obtaining and using location data collected by Americans’ smartphones. In early 2020, a Wall Street Journal report revealed that both Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought access to millions of smartphone users’ location data to track undocumented immigrants and suspected tax dodgers.
However, new documents obtained by the ACLU through an ongoing Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit now reveal the extent of this warrantless data collection. The 6,000-plus records reviewed by the civil rights organization contained approximately 336,000 location points across North America obtained from people’s phones. They also reveal that in just three days in 2018, CBP obtained records containing around 113,654 location points in the southwestern United States — more than 26 location points per minute.
https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/18/homeland-security-cell-phone-tracking
#dhs #location #tracking
TechCrunch
New documents reveal ‘huge’ scale of US government’s cell phone location data tracking
In just one three-day span, DHS obtained over 113,000 location points — a fraction of the overall data it acquired without a warrant.
The #DHS will be upping its censorship efforts on topics like Covid clotshots and the Afghanistan withdrawal
DHS was another "temporary" measure after the 9/11 psyop
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/
DHS was another "temporary" measure after the 9/11 psyop
https://theintercept.com/2022/10/31/social-media-disinformation-dhs/
The Intercept
Leaked Documents Outline DHS’s Plans to Police Disinformation
Under the guise of counterterrorism, the government is accelerating pressure on social media companies to crack down on speech the feds deem disinformation.
#DHS LEAKS: Starting in 2020, DHS began meeting with #Twitter, #Facebook, #Wikipedia and more monthly to coordinate 'content moderation' efforts
https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaks-starting-in-2020-dhs-began-meeting-with-twitter-facebook-wikipedia-and-more-monthly-to-coordinate-content-moderation-efforts
https://thepostmillennial.com/dhs-leaks-starting-in-2020-dhs-began-meeting-with-twitter-facebook-wikipedia-and-more-monthly-to-coordinate-content-moderation-efforts
The Post Millennial
DHS LEAKS: Starting in 2020, DHS began meeting with Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia and more monthly to coordinate ‘content moderation’…
Prior to 2020, it was reported that DHS met with Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia, and other platforms in order to coordinate “content moderation” operations.
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The DHS Plot To Assign Social Credit Style “Risk Scores” To Social Media Users
Via @reclaimthenet
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The A.I. Surveillance Tool DHS Uses to Detect ‘Sentiment and Emotion’ | 404media
#DHS #AI #Surveillance #BigBrother #ONYX #Fivecast
#BigData #BulkData
Internal DHS and corporate documents detail the agency’s relationship with Fivecast, a company that promises to scan for “risk terms and phrases” online.
One document obtained by 404 Media marked “commercial in confidence” is an overview of Fivecast’s “ONYX” product. In it Fivecast says its product can be used to target individuals or groups, single posts, or events. As well as collecting from social media platforms big and small, Fivecast users can also upload their own “bulk” data, the document says.
Fivecast says its tool has been built “in consultation” with Five Eyes law enforcement and intelligence agencies, those being agencies from the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Specifically on building “person-of-interest” networks, the tool “is optimized for this exact requirement.”#DHS #AI #Surveillance #BigBrother #ONYX #Fivecast
#BigData #BulkData