CBP to install facial recognition technology at Calexico Port of Entry
U.S. Customs and Border Protection plans to install facial recognition technology at the Calexico Port of Entry, a busy land crossing on the California-Mexico border.
Why this matters: Land border crossings handle enormous daily traffic — commuters, workers, families, people with legal status doing ordinary things. Adding facial recognition means the government starts collecting biometric data on people who have done nothing wrong except cross a border. That data does not disappear after you walk through. It gets stored, searched, and sometimes shared. The real issue is who gets scanned, how long the data is kept, and what happens when the system misidentifies someone at a place where mistakes have serious consequences.
Who should care: Privacy officers · Cybersecurity · General readers · Policy
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