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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.
(Score: 3, Funny) by datapharmer on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:22PM (5 children)
I had my face transplanted you insensitive clod.
(Score: 3, Funny) by realDonaldTrump on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:32PM (2 children)
Wow, this is just starting. The pilot project, right? And here we have a guy, the scalpers already cut off his face. Very scary!
(Score: 4, Funny) by SomeGuy on Wednesday May 16 2018, @01:40PM (1 child)
So does an orange tint confuse facial recognition? :P
(Score: 2) by arslan on Thursday May 17 2018, @03:26AM
Very likely since the test was done a demographic which is decidedly not orange in tint. However, between all the turbans and beards, it may very well work on the hipsters - very well indeed.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 16 2018, @06:48PM
You need to ask for a refund.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Wednesday May 16 2018, @07:05PM
Is that called a faceplant?