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Mitre, the creepy company checking your fingerprints on Facebook for the US Government

Forbes article reveals $500,000 project undertaken by Mitre for the FBI. Could be used to collect biometric information from photos posted on social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Another project saw Mitre tasked with creating a tool to hack into smartwatches, fitness trackers, and IoT devices. The contract says the tech could be used either by law enforcement or border officials to help them rapidly detect and exploit for evidentiary purposes IoT devices in a security or crime scene environment”]

Source: https://grahamcluley.com/mitre-the-creepy-company-checking-your-fingerprints-on-facebook-for-the-us-government/

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