The FBI and U.S. Customs illegally use the photos of U.S. citizens' driver's licenses as a gigantic facial recognition database. Without any legal safeguards.
Facial state recognition continues to get people talking about her. According to the Washington Post and researchers at Georgetown Law School, the FBI and ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) are making extensive use of facial recognition on driver's licence photo databases.
The problem? This use is illegal.
In the United States, each state has its own public vehicle and driver's license management body commonly known as the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), although the name differs from state to state.
According to the survey, no fewer than 21 states would allow federal agencies to scan their license photo database at will. This is completely illegal since these databases have not been created for this purpose at all.
A far from insignificant use: the FBI alone would carry out no less than 4,000 searches per month.
While it is theoretically possible to access these image databases, states such as Washington require a legal document signed by a judge or judicial authority. In the case of the 21 states, no limits were imposed on the FBI and ICE, making this informal organization a surveillance system without safeguards.
“They’ve just given access to that to the FBI,” Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio) said. “No individual signed off on that when they renewed their driver’s license, got their driver’s licenses. They didn’t sign any waiver saying, ‘Oh, it’s okay to turn my information, my photo, over to the FBI.’ No elected officials voted for that to happen.”
Source: Washington Post
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