The Identity Project

Slides from my presentation today on how demands for ID enable surveillance and control: hasbrouck.org/articles/Hasbr…

Surveillance as a service (SAAS): The private companies that are providing ouytsourced turnkey traveler surveillance, profiling, and control systems for government customers worldwide: papersplease.org/wp/2025/01/28/…

Would stil selcoem comment from @worldpay @Worldpay_US @Worldpay_UK @ukhomeoffice

Explainer about new "Electronic Travel Authorization" for visitors to UK from US & others countries (like what US already requires): What ETA it is, what's wrong with it, how it attacks human rights, & how it sets bad example that EU shouldn't follow: papersplease.org/wp/2025/01/20/…

#Maine may stop complying with the #REAL-ID Act: papersplease.org/wp/2025/01/15/…

Today the TSA published new regulations for the #REAL-ID Act, leaving it unclear who the TSA will allow to #fly without #ID, and who it will prevent from flying without ID, after May 7, 2025. Analysis of the new rules and what's likely to happen next: papersplease.org/wp/2025/01/14/…

Human Rights and “Countering Terrorist Travel”: following up on the report of the U.N. Special Rapporteur on Counter-Terrrorism and Human Rights: papersplease.org/wp/2025/01/06/…

This week's net.wars, "Government identification as a service", sees the first casualty of the Online Safety Act and listens to Edward Hasbrouck claim he's an optimist: netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2024/12/20/gov…

@IJ More on public/private partnerships for srect financial surveillance from new report on Con gressional investigation: papersplease.org/wp/2024/12/09/…

Federal Bank Surveillance: Are You on Their Watchlist? Federal law requires banks and other financial institutions to monitor their customers and report anything “suspicious” to federal law enforcement. All kinds of things can be deemed “suspicious,” including: 👉 Regular cash deposits or withdrawals 👉 Activity just under $10,000 👉 Overseas transactions 👉 Donations to certain nonprofit organizations 👉 Transactions at gun shops 👉 Shopping at stores like Dick’s Sporting Goods and Cabella’s If your bank account has been closed or if you've been affected by federal bank surveillance, we want to hear from you. Visit ij.org/debanked to learn more.

See also this dystopian white paoper from public/private advisory group on future of digital ID included in appendix of source documents for Congressional report: papersplease.org/wp/wp-content/…

Public/private partnerships for financial surveillance: Remarkably revealing new report on Congressional investigation into secret spying on customers by banks, Paypal, etc. in collaboration with FBI: papersplease.org/wp/2024/12/09/…

Court stays Jan. 1, 2025, deadline for IDs and mug shots of all corporate principals: finds that requiring ID is a law enforcement and investigatory device, not a "regulation of commerce": papersplease.org/wp/2024/12/06/…

Real ID requirements come with major privacy concerns. Lots of secrecy and $$ going to NGOs. DOGE needs to look into this issue. @DOGE @elonmusk @VivekGRamaswamy papersplease.org/wp/2024/11/25/…

CBP facial recognition is a service for the airline industry. Responses to our FOIA requests show the malign converence of interest in facial recognition for traveler identification and tracking between government and the airline industry: papersplease.org/wp/2024/12/04/…

DEA pays airline staff to target innocent travelers: papersplease.org/wp/2024/12/02/…

Do you need ID to read the REAL-ID rules? papersplease.org/wp/2024/11/25/… (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=422399…)

Do you need ID to read the REAL-ID rules? My day at the TSA did not go well: papersplease.org/wp/2024/11/25/…

Our work continues: papersplease.org/wp/2024/11/05/…

What will the future bring for ID demands? Our prognosis and overview of the challenges ahead: papersplease.org/wp/2024/11/05/…