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ICE reportedly bans Meta glasses at work while pursuing own biometric smart glasses
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ICE reportedly issued a memo barring all employees from wearing Meta smart glasses during work, citing risks of capturing sensitive information, even as the agency explores developing its own smart glasses with biometric identification capabilities.
The ban formalizes a restriction on personal body-worn cameras that agents had already been violating in the field across multiple states. The simultaneous pursuit of custom smart glasses with biometric capabilities signals ICE's intent to adopt wearable surveillance technology on its own terms, with potentially more invasive features than consumer devices offer.
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ICE reportedly sent a memo banning all employees from wearing Meta smart glasses during work, citing privacy and security risks of unintentional recording.
ICE and CBP agents had been spotted wearing Meta glasses during immigration enforcement operations in at least six states, including one agent recording despite the existing policy.
ICE is reportedly seeking to develop its own smart glasses with biometric identification capabilities by next year, per budget documents.
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