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Taylor Swift Concert Used Facial Recognition Tech to Identify Stalkers

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

MrPlow writes:

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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: 3, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Saturday December 15 2018, @10:37AM (2 children)

    by realDonaldTrump (6614) on Saturday December 15 2018, @10:37AM (#774725) Homepage Journal

    Obama's people are still stalking me. And putting wiretapps on me. So I told my Secret Service, put in the Facile Recognition. And we're doing the Facial at my Washington White House. With very special cameras watching very carefully through the Fence. 24/7. And hopefully we'll have Facials all along our Southern Boarder. And in many places!!! oann.com/u-s-secret-service-testing-facial-recognition-system-outside-white-house [oann.com] dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/privacy-pia-usss-frp-november2018.pdf [dhs.gov]

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @04:35PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 15 2018, @04:35PM (#774806)

    You'd probably have better luck with a Butt Recognition System.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @10:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday December 19 2018, @10:41AM (#776254)

    And hopefully we'll have Facials all along our Southern Boarder.

    Listen, asshole! Real Estate Developer and Fucking Racist Landlord (Cill my Landlord-Mr. Robinson), sure, you may have "facials" with "pron srats", but that is no excuse for not knowing how to spell "Broaders". Get a clue, you moron who accidentally got erected presisdent. or Precedent. Or Rescidentiary. You know. Spelling. Engiish. Asshole.