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Taylor Swift concert used facial recognition tech to identify stalkers
You're probably used to the presence of facial recognition cameras at airports and other transport hubs, but what about at concerts? That's the step Taylor Swift's team took at her May 18th show at the Rose Bowl, in a bid to identify her stalkers. According to Rolling Stone, the camera was hidden inside a display kiosk at the event, and sent images of anyone who stopped to look at the display to a "command post" in Nashville, where they were cross-referenced with other photos of the star's known stalkers.
As the target of numerous death and rape threats, Swift arguably has a valid motivation for leveraging such technology. However, it's unclear who has ownership of the photos of her concertgoers, or how long they will remain on file. Her representatives have also not yet responded to queries as to whether fans knew about the cameras.
(Score: 2) by legont on Saturday December 15 2018, @01:39AM (5 children)
A Chinese startup can recognize people by how they walk https://techcrunch.com/2018/11/07/china-can-apparently-now-identify-citizens-based-on-the-way-they-walk/ [techcrunch.com]
Who owns walking style? Can it be copyrighted? Can we prevent others from faking our walking style. Is it - both - a crime to do?
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday December 15 2018, @01:44AM
I think the story there is: Capture as much data as possible. If you have 2 or 3 means of identifying someone, you improve the accuracy. And maybe you have someone's face and walking style captured by one camera, and then you follow them temporally as they pass by other cameras.
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(Score: 2) by Virindi on Saturday December 15 2018, @01:58AM (1 child)
Gait recognition is not new. We were doing it as a part of identification schemes for surveillance footage back in 2006.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @02:05AM
Did you use the buttery donut strawberry jam configuration?
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @02:50AM
That's nothing. Here you have to register your unique gait and there's a whole ministry dedicated to enforcement.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iV2ViNJFZC8 [youtube.com]
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday December 15 2018, @04:59AM
Ministry of . . . OK someone else already linked it. But the answer is , yes, and "Bond, James funnywalking Bond".