{"id":3375,"date":"2026-02-12T03:47:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/?p=3375"},"modified":"2026-02-12T03:47:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T03:47:04","slug":"cbp-inks-agreement-with-clearview-ai-bringing-a-touch-of-hollywood-spy-thrills-to-tactical-targeting-with-facial-recognition-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/?p=3375","title":{"rendered":"CBP Inks Agreement with Clearview AI: Bringing a Touch of Hollywood Spy Thrills to &#8216;Tactical Targeting&#8217; with Facial Recognition Tech"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/output1-26.png\" \/><\/p>\n<h6><i>&#8220;CBP Signs Clearview AI Deal to Use Face Recognition for \u2018Tactical Targeting\u2019&#8221;<\/i><\/h6>\n<p>\n&#8220;As part of a recently signed contract, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is set to use Clearview AI&#8217;s face recognition tech. The agency plans to apply the technology to &#8216;tactical targeting,&#8217; according to the contract description.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ah, Clearview AI. That absolutely non-controversial, squeaky-clean tech firm that has been totally upfront about pulling pictures from places like Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube to inflate their library with over 3 billion people&#8217;s faces. They are back in the feeds with a prestigious contract with US Customs and Border Protection. Let\u2019s do a golf clap for that.<\/p>\n<p>There has been a slight alteration in their methodology this time. Apparently, Clearview AI is now veering toward &#8216;tactical targeting.&#8217; Tactical targeting &#8211; a phrase so vague and broad that could be flexible enough to encompass anything ranging from Christmas shopping to alien invasion.<\/p>\n<p>And just like a beautiful salad, there&#8217;s more to this story. Clearview AI, once again pushing the envelope of how much hot water a company can handle, has recently weathered controversy. But that clearly didn&#8217;t deter the CBP from inking a deal. One wonders if they possess some kind of magical waterproof ink.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, the fascinating world of tech. It seems you can play merry hell with privacy and make more than a few questionable ethics choices, but as long as you&#8217;ve got an algorithm that can pick a face out of the crowd faster than a hawk spotting lunch, there&#8217;s a contract waiting with your name on it.<\/p>\n<p>Looks like Clearview AI continues to see clearly its path of massive data collection, even as ethical questions loom in the periphery. Meanwhile, those playing watchdog are left asking: How did this become the norm? The answer may be as clear as AI &#8211; incredibly complicated and a tad disturbing. And that, my friends, is the &#8216;clear view&#8217; from here. Tune in next time when we will no doubt have yet another head-scratcher from the intertwined worlds of tech and government.<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/cbp-signs-clearview-ai-deal-to-use-face-recognition-for-tactical-targeting\/\">Read the original article here: https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/cbp-signs-clearview-ai-deal-to-use-face-recognition-for-tactical-targeting\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a new contract, US Customs and Border Protection plans to use Clearview AI&#8217;s &#8216;non-controversial&#8217; face recognition tech. It&#8217;s &#8216;tactical targeting&#8217; \u2013 sounds fun and incredibly vague!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3374,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","bwp-masonry-item","bwp-col-3"],"acf":[],"_wp_page_template":null,"_edit_lock":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevoiceofworldcontrol.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}