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Ticketmaster Plans to Roll Out Facial Recognition. What Could Go Wrong?

posted by Fnord666 on Wednesday May 16 2018, @12:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the do-I-know-you? dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow0245

Concertgoers will soon live in their own personalized version of hell above and beyond the Ticketmaster convenience fee. Live Nation, Ticketmaster's parent company, recently announced a pilot program to ditch tickets in favor of advanced facial recognition technology.

For the pilot, Ticketmaster partnered with Blink Identity, a Texas-based biometric company that previously worked to implement biometric security programs in both Afghanistan and Iraq. The company claims it can make a positive ID in "half a second," even if those being scanned aren't looking directly at its cameras. Once scanned, the system flies through a potential database of tens (or hundreds) of thousands of attendees in an attempt to make a positive ID. Only then will it grant entry to the event.

Replacing physical (or digital) tickets with advanced biometrics systems, as you might have guessed, isn't without its critics.

Source: https://thenextweb.com/insider/2018/05/15/ticketmaster-plans-to-roll-out-facial-recognition-systems-for-events-what-could-go-wrong/

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by SomeGuy on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:13PM (2 children)

    by SomeGuy (5632) on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:13PM (#680376)

    I have been predicting the use of facial recognition in conjunction with purchasing for some time.

    Imagine in 10 or 20 years, every Walgreens, CVS, Kroger or other store that normally require consumer tracking cards will use facial recognition instead. And consumers will love it because it lets them buy things (that are marked up to twice their normal price) for half of the price!

    And after that it will be absolutely everywhere because youcantbetoosafethinkofthechildrenpollywannacracker.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by mhajicek on Wednesday May 16 2018, @08:33PM (1 child)

    by mhajicek (51) on Wednesday May 16 2018, @08:33PM (#680507)

    Twins will have free access to each other's financials.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 17 2018, @04:09AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday May 17 2018, @04:09AM (#680619)

      Twins will have free access to each other's financials.

      Almost. The evil twin will have access to the other one's financials after being sufficiently annoyed by the facial recognition system to murder him/her earlier than originally planned.