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How ICE and CBP Use Free Walkie-Talkie App ‘Zello’ to Power Their Operations
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How ICE and CBP Use Free Walkie-Talkie App ‘Zello’ to Power Their Operations

404 Media found multiple users of Zello, an app previously used by January 6 insurrectionists, linked to ICE officials. An officer at the scene of an CBP official shooting a U.S. citizen also used the app.
Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On
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Government Loses Hard Drives It Was Supposed to Put ICE Detention Center Footage On

A Kafkaesque saga in which the government has failed to produce critical video footage has reached new levels of absurdity.
Inspector General Investigating Whether ICE's Surveillance Tech Breaks the Law
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Inspector General Investigating Whether ICE's Surveillance Tech Breaks the Law

DHS's inspector general is probing ICE's biometric and surveillance programs.
Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps
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Hackers and Trolls Target Wave of ICE Spotting Apps

Hackers have targeted a spread of apps or sites that aim to track ICE activity, in one case even sending push notifications to users in an attempt to intimidate them.
Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE
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Here is the User Guide for ELITE, the Tool Palantir Made for ICE

404 Media is publishing a version of the user guide for ELITE, which lets ICE bring up dossiers on individual people and provides a “confidence score” of their address.
DHS Says Critical ICE Surveillance Footage From Abuse Case Was Actually Never Recorded, Doesn't Matter
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DHS Says Critical ICE Surveillance Footage From Abuse Case Was Actually Never Recorded, Doesn't Matter

Court records reveal the incredibly sad state of ICE's evidence retention systems.
Feds Create Drone No Fly Zone That Would Stop People Filming ICE
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Feds Create Drone No Fly Zone That Would Stop People Filming ICE

The FAA has altered a no fly zone designation that was originally created for US military bases to apply to DHS units.
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
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ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice

In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said the app's results are a “definitive” determination of someone's immigration status.
‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid
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‘ELITE’: The Palantir App ICE Uses to Find Neighborhoods to Raid

Internal ICE material and testimony from an official obtained by 404 Media provides the clearest link yet between the technological infrastructure Palantir is building for ICE and the agency’s activities on the ground.
New Legislation Would Rein In ICE’s Facial Recognition App
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New Legislation Would Rein In ICE’s Facial Recognition App

The proposed law would force DHS only use the app, called Mobile Fortify, at ports of entry; delete all photos of U.S. citizens taken by the app; and effectively kill the local law enforcement of the app.
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
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Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
DHS Is Lying To You
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DHS Is Lying To You

At least four videos show what really happened when ICE shot a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday. DHS has established itself as an agency that cannot be trusted to live in or present reality.