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posted by takyon on Saturday December 15 2018, @01:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the reverse-stalking dept.

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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.

Taylor Swift.


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  • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday December 15 2018, @02:37AM (6 children)

    by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Saturday December 15 2018, @02:37AM (#774666) Homepage Journal

    I shouldn't have had that Mocha.

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  • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Saturday December 15 2018, @05:39AM (5 children)

    by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday December 15 2018, @05:39AM (#774704) Journal

    A easily disruptable chemical balance is a dangerous thing. Have you considered, well, sorry, MDC, I cannot recommend anything that you yourself have not theorized and fanticized and speculated: so how about, remain calm. Respect the opinions of professionals. Seeking the ultimate cure for your condition is a path to madness. Look at what happened to khallow! He thought he found it, and now no one will talk to him. And TMB, who does it just so that no one will talk to him. You do not want to end up in the same crazy ward as those! So ease up on the Mocha, avoid Reb Bull, and no opiods or mushrooms, seriously.

    Petrie/Petris/Patris/Patria! Daddy!

    • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday December 15 2018, @09:27AM (4 children)

      by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Saturday December 15 2018, @09:27AM (#774718) Homepage Journal

      It happens that I've been reluctant to dispose of my remaining oxycodone. Surely there will be a day that I am in pain and would not have to get a prescription. I only took a few of them.

      Tomorrow I'll put them in the bin at the Portland cop shop.

      Anyone who tries to get high on my stolen Happy Pills will in no time at all find themselves on the liver transplant waiting list.

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      • (Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Saturday December 15 2018, @11:00AM (3 children)

        by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday December 15 2018, @11:00AM (#774731) Journal

        Well done, MDC! Of course, I expected nothing less. I find that alternative realities are best restricted to those who can handle them, and if you start popping pills to strangers at random, well, it is kind of like an American Election, or, with the proper drugs, an American Erection.

        • (Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday December 19 2018, @05:39AM (2 children)

          by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Wednesday December 19 2018, @05:39AM (#776188) Homepage Journal

          She stayed at my place for the day yesterday.

          First thing I managed to do was to surreptitiously put my oxycodone in my pocket, then hide is someplace where she won't find it. I'm meeting her tonight so I didn't bring it with me, but as soon as I can be certain she won't know what I'm up to I'll take it to the drug disposal at the Portland Police Bureau.

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          • (Score: 3, Insightful) by aristarchus on Wednesday December 19 2018, @10:36AM (1 child)

            by aristarchus (2645) on Wednesday December 19 2018, @10:36AM (#776250) Journal

            Deniable plausibility is always better than plausible deniabilty, especially with addicts, and you are never doing them a favor with even the tease of a high. Leave yourself no options, MDC. Only way to be sure.

            • (Score: 3, Informative) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday December 20 2018, @09:11PM

              by MichaelDavidCrawford (2339) Subscriber Badge <mdcrawford@gmail.com> on Thursday December 20 2018, @09:11PM (#776969) Homepage Journal

              The Vancouver PD has a prescription disposal bin in its lobby.

              I'm forced to confess I entertained the idea of just giving the stuff to her, as it might have even for just a day or two spared her from shooting very, very risky street drugs - she really did get sold fentanyl once, with the result that she woke up in an ambulance after the NarCaned her.

              But no, for me to supply her fix even just once would established quite a dysfunctional dynamic between us.

              Really the best I can hope for is to give her a safe place to sleep as well as to provide enough to eat. Even so, so only slept here just once, the other times since Sunday she's been out roaming around so as to satisfy her gnawing hunger. Each day she tells me she'll come back her to sleep but then doesn't because getting her fix turns out of be more difficult than she at first anticipated.

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