Cross posted from https://sh.itjust.works/post/64309491
Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. Much of the attention has focused on reports that the system photographs patrons as they enter venues and questions about whether those images are used for facial recognition.
3 Comments
Covenant@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 16d
Damn. Some people need to know their history before building a database of people/communities
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 16d
solrize@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 16d
Yeah I think lots of bars are doing this now, so that info about unruly customers propagates between them. I don't think I've gone into a bar since before November 2019 (when Covid hit) and will probably keep staying out of them. Back then at least though, folks old enough to obviously be over 21 usually didn't get carded. I guess that has changed.
dumnezero@piefed.social · 5 pts · 14d
Yeah, this is very very bad.