Identification Devices

Real ID Requirement Finally Comes to U.S. Airports

Many fliers showed up early for extra screening or brought passports, smoothing the rollout of the long-postponed requirements. Those who didn’t have Real IDs got a warning.

By Christine Chung Nate Schweber Michael Levenson and Robert Ch

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Sam Altman’s Start-Up Launches Eye-Scanning Crypto Orbs in the U.S.

World, a start-up backed by Sam Altman, has launched in the United States with the goal of verifying your humanity.

By Kevin Roose and Jason Henry

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The Surveillance Tools That Could Power Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

Border enforcement agencies have spent billions assembling surveillance tools to track and find people. These could be critical in President Trump’s immigration agenda.

By Adam Satariano Paul Mozur Aaron Krolik and David McCabe

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How Scam Calls and Messages Took Over Our Everyday Lives

To own a computer or smartphone — indeed, to engage with the digital world to any degree — is to be a mark. You can try to block, encrypt and unsubscribe your way out of it, but you may not succeed.

By Steven Kurutz