The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen at the ICE Cyber Crimes Center expanded facilities in Fairfax, Va., on July 22, 2015. (Photo by Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images) Customs and ...

Researchers in Poland have created a machine learning algorithim that can tell the difference between dead and alive irises.

ICE to buy licenses for AI-powered iris scanning for deportations, sparking civil rights concerns over privacy and tech misuse in enforcement operations.

In theory, an iris scanner can be hacked using an eyeball plucked from the victim. Now researchers have trained a machine-vision system to tell the difference between dead irises and live ones.