from Hacker News

Company's Surveillance Tech Makes Immigrants 'Easy Pickings' for Trump

by ripe on 4/14/25, 8:35 PM with 1 comments

  • by WarOnPrivacy on 4/14/25, 8:39 PM

        The maker of the app [issued by US Gov to immigrants] is Geo Group, the largest private prison operator in the United States. 
    
        Over the past decade, the company has also built a lucrative side business of digital tools — including ankle monitors, smart watches and tracking apps — to surveil immigrants on behalf of the federal government.