US CPB covertly uses facial recognition to process asylum seekers

The US government was discovered to be covertly using facial recognition for immigration, sparking concerns about privacy and surveillance. 

According to the Los Angeles Times, the US government's Customs and Border Protection (CPB) is using CPB One, a mobile app incorporating facial recognition and a range of other surveillance and storage tools to process asylum seekers at the US/Mexico border. 

Civil and human rights experts are concerned about the privacy and surveillance implications of the system. 

The CPB also stood accused of poor transparency by failing to mention it would be using the app to process asylum seekers and that facial recognition is involved.