There are bipartisan concerns across Congress that the Department of Homeland Security is implementing biometric applications, in particular facial recognition, that increasingly involve the American public without educating the public and providing them with options to opt out, congressional staffers said earlier this month. There are also concerns that DHS is adopting biometrics technologies “without really meaningfully engaging with Congress,” Rosaline Cohen, chief counsel for the House Homeland Security Committee, said during a congressional panel discussion at the Connect:ID conference.…
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