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RE: mastodon.social/@eff/116535260…
The towers are to track you, friends, and the border to keep you in.
“the towers collect data on people who live at the border rather than people crossing it… We’re actually paying Anduril for the privilege of them taking our data.”
…towers are located in public parks, next to communities and over neighborhoods. Maass said AI systems can lead to people being stopped, detained or having their possessions seized based on what the technology identifies as suspicious patterns.“
“What’s going on at the border is just extremely expensive theater,” EFF’s @maassive told AZfamily. “Border surveillance technology has a pattern of failure” and this is “the same thing plus AI— as if AI has actually deserved to win anybody’s trust.” azfamily.com/2026/05/07/new-ai…New AI surveillance towers at US-Mexico border raise privacy concerns
New AI-powered surveillance towers spreading across the U.S.-Mexico border are raising privacy concerns.Derek Staahl (Arizona's Family)
Francisca Sinn
in reply to Francisca Sinn • • •“Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” directed $6 billion toward AI-integrated surveillance towers at the border… recently announced plans to install 1,500 more towers over the next few years”
You. You’re the target of mass #surveillance towers, not illegal immigrants or asylum seekers and refugees.
They track your movements, your contacts, and your communications. They make it too dangerous to speak dissent or form community. It’s #fascism.
Without #privacy we can not have #democracy.