Luke Rosiak

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Wed Mar 08 17:34:04 +0000 2023

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Luke Rosiak @lukerosiak

GSA decided that facial recognition is racist, so it would just ignore the whole category of biometrics and claim to meet the standard anyway--sending high-security agencies into a tailspin when they learned the truth. When whistleblowers sounded the alarm, they were ignored. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2023

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Luke Rosiak @lukerosiak

1 million accounts were put at risk as a result. These were ultra-high security accounts that, under federal requirements, needed to use biometrics like fingerprints, webcams, or eye scans. GSA earned $197M falsely telling agencies that it met these requirements, the IG found. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2023

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Luke Rosiak @lukerosiak

In January 2022 the scam was busted. Late that month, GSA created an "equity policy." On February 3 2022, GSA told agencies they would deliberately not meet NIST standards because of the policy. But this was a smokescreen--they had been in violation for years while lying about it — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2023