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Kim Perales

Over the past few years, the TX DPS has quietly built out an expansive apparatus -increasingly powered by . Many of these tech acquisitions -made under the auspices of Gov Abbott’s Op Lone Star -$11B program that's supercharged the TX’s decades-long border militarization.

DPS has a fleet of spy planes, unmanned drones, & a NET of wildlife game cameras -deployed all across the borderlands of TX

I will likely, never visit TX.

texasobserver.org/texas-dps-su

The Texas Observer · Texas’ AI-Powered Surveillance Arsenal Has Ballooned. Proposed Laws Provide Few Guardrails.Operation Lone Star has turbocharged DPS’ surveillance capabilities. Lawmakers say they want to prevent Texas from becoming a police state but have filed only modest legislation to regulate use of AI.
Mar 31, 2025, 09:01 PM·Public·Web
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@KimPerales

I mean, as usual Texas is the low hanging friut, but if you think you're somehow safe and immune from license plate readers, facial recognition, and cell phone tracking in NOT TEXAS .... you're carrying yourself naively.

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