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App Lets ICE Track Vehicles and Owners Across the Country

45 pointsby aworkstoday at 4:28 PM15 commentsview on HN

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aworkstoday at 4:28 PM

The ad: "Vigilant Mobile Companion transfers your mobile device into a powerful, secure license plate recognition and facial recognition data collection, analysys and alerting tool -- increasing productivity and insight, anywhere you go."

extropic-enginetoday at 4:30 PM

Dead the instant it hit the new page. dang, why do you let the bots bury certain news sources such as this one?

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add-sub-mul-divtoday at 5:58 PM

I was so used to fear of immigrants being used to simply win votes that I overlooked how effective it would be at justifying surveillance that would otherwise be unpopular with the constituents of both parties.

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michelbtoday at 5:16 PM

“On its website, Thomson Reuters markets CLEAR as a tool that has saved an abducted baby, identified a wanted man, and caught a sexual predator. “

Ah yes, think of the children! I wonder whose cronies will be whitelisted from this app.

bryanrasmussentoday at 4:37 PM

huh, wow if only someone made an app to track ICE! /s