us customs and border protection
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CBP Releases Video From Predator Drone Deployed Over George Floyd Protests
Shortly after the Minneapolis police killing of George Floyd last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) flew a Predator drone over the city in an effort to surveil the ongoing protests against police brutality occurring there. The drone, which took off from Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota and flew in a…
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Hackers Stole U.S. Customs And Border Protection’s Traveller Photos
Licence plate images and photos of individuals who travelled in and out of the United States were taken in a malicious hack impacting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), according to a report in the Washington Post. The agency learned last month about the breach, which took place thanks to a hack of an unnamed…
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US Homeland Security Wants Facial Recognition To Identify People In Moving Cars
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to develop technology that scans the faces of travellers as they enter and leave the US. The difficult part? The agency wants to do it without anyone needing to get out of their cars.
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9 Horror Stories From People Who Had Their Electronic Devices Searched At The US Border
Travelling to the United States can be a huge hassle. Even if you’re an American citizen, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) can pull you aside for extensive and invasive “secondary screening”. And by all accounts, this process has gotten worse since Donald Trump was elected. But it was horrible even before Trump gained power.