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Giorgio Maone

@ma1.bsky.social

Hacker, atheist, humanist, socialist, dad, mozillian, security breaker and builder, creator of NoScript, casting spells at the Tor Browser. He/him.
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Joseph Cox

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New incredible detail here: ICE says a match in its facial recognition app Mobile Fortify is a "definitive" determination of a person's status, and that this overrides birth certificates. This is an app ICE is using in the field to scan people

www.404media.co/ice-and-cbp-...

Ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee Bennie G. Thompson said in a statement “Mobile Fortify is a dangerous tool in the hands of ICE, and it puts American citizens at risk of detention and even deportation.” He also said “ICE officials have told us that an apparent biometric match by Mobile Fortify is a ‘definitive’ determination of a person’s status and that an ICE officer may ignore evidence of American citizenship—including a birth certificate—if the app says the person is an alien. ICE using a mobile biometrics app in ways its developers at CBP never intended or tested is a frightening, repugnant, and unconstitutional attack on Americans’ rights and freedoms.”

October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM

Giorgio Maone

@ma1.bsky.social

Apps being censored by corporate stores makes a great case for breaking free from centralized platforms & switching back to the open web.
And of course, for setting up onion services (community.torproject.org/onion-servic...) to prevent censorship and using the Tor Browser to stay anonymous.

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Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship. | Set up Your Onion Service

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October 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM