I've read about these technologies here and there, but seeing them all laid out in this article in their most advanced form (that we know of) is striking, though.
We are living in a dystopian surveillance state.🧵

The powerful tools in ICE’s arsenal to track suspects — and protesters
Biometric trackers, cellphone location databases and drones are among the surveillance technologies agents are using in their immigration enforcement campaign.
Jan 31, 2026 06:44Facial recognition, license plate readers, cellphone location tracking (stingrays), phone location databases, digital forensics (phone hacking, including encrypted and deleted data), drones.
Everything the military has used abroad or to "fight terrorism" is coming home for the rest of us.