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ICE has used the "Mobile Fortify" facial recognition app to identify immigrants and citizens alike
💥over 100,000 times, by one estimate.
❌It wasn't built to work like that
—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy rules.
https://www.…

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy rules.

The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency said it has asked Interpol for cooperation in a manhunt for the Chinese suspect currently residing in China.
https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20251208…

Police confirm identity of Chinese mastermind behind KT payment breach
Police investigating the KT Corp. payment breach and micropayment scam said Monday they have identified the mastermind behind the crime, known as a...

CrowdStrike buys identity management startup SGNL, in a deal valued at nearly $740M, to bolster identity security defenses on its flagship Falcon platform (Samantha Subin/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/08/crowdstrike-ai-cybersecurity-sgnl-acquisition.ht…

CrowdStrike buys identity security startup SGNL for $740 million in latest deal push
Last year's big cybersecurity deals include Google's $32 billion Wiz acquisition and Palo Alto Networks' $25 billion CyberArk takeover.

Scientists Solve Pancreatic Cancer Mystery: Key Driver of Unusually Deadly Spread Identified
https://scitechdaily.com/scientists-solve-pancreatic-cancer-mystery-key-driver-of-unusually-deadly-spread-identified/

NYT says a Trans News Network interview with ex-NYT editor Billie Jean Sweeney about NYT's gender identity coverage included "factually inaccurate criticisms" (The New York Times Company)
https://www.nytco.com/press/fact-checking-false…

Fact-Checking False Claims About Our Gender Identity Coverage | The New York Times Company
A recent post from Trans News Network included numerous falsehoods about New York Times stories on gender identity and maligned some of the journalists involved in the work. Our coverage is guided by…

Mein #Selbstzitat des Tages: »Ich bin es längst leid, ertragen zu müssen, wie sich die Dummheit überall für schlau hält. Egal, ob in meinem Umfeld, im Bundestag, im Journalismus oder in den Geisterwisschenschaften«

The Minneapolis woman shot and killed by ICE:
https://www.startribune.com/she-was-an-amazing-human-being-mother-identifies-woman-shot-killed-by-ice-agent/601559922

Three members of a Chicago white nationalist group have been identified thanks to the work of anonymous antifascist infiltrators.
Using license plates from their vehicles and personal details shared in a private vetting chat,
an activist who gained access to their inner circle identified the men behind the group as James Hammans (37), Džiugas Dirzys (22), and Arkadiusz Kowalczyk (38).
Unraveled has verified the information collected and confirmed the identities of the three …

Exposed: White nationalist group responsible for hate spree across Chicagoland
Members of the Windy City Active Club include a USPS worker, a recent finance grad from DePaul, and a Polish American tied to other hate groups.

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-ice-dhs-mobile-fortify-face-recognition-verify-identity/

ICE and CBP’s Face-Recognition App Can’t Actually Verify Who People Are
ICE has used Mobile Fortify to identify immigrants and citizens alike over 100,000 times, by one estimate. It wasn't built to work like that—and only got approved after DHS abandoned its own privacy rules.

After identification of a Thai worker's remains, the first phase of Gaza’s tenuous 8-week-old ceasefire is
a step closer to completion, with one more hostage’s remains still to be returned.
The subsequent phases under a U.S.-drafted, U.N.-backed plan for Gaza remain deeply uncertain.
There has been no word on how provisions for Hamas’ disarmament will be carried out,
or how a planned international administration and security force will be established.

A single hostage remains in Gaza after identification of Thai worker's remains
JERUSALEM (AP) — The subsequent phases under a U.S.-drafted, U.N.-backed plan for Gaza remain deeply uncertain.