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Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons? (www.eff.org)
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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

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[–] in_my_honest_opinion@piefed.social 0 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So a polaroid picture of the banned person being posted where the IDs are being checked is too complicated then?

[–] Canconda@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

too complicated

It's not scaleable.

Imagine trying to rely on that system in a club of >500 patrons with 15 security guards and 2 entrances?

Imagine waiting in line to get in while they check every single face against a wall of 100+ photos

Also at what point is this trouble maker going to sit nicely so I can get a recognizable photo in a dark room with smoke strobe lights?

Lets say I ban a guy mid-shift. How do I communicate that to the rest of the security team? Leave my door to show everyone the photo? Have everyone else leave their post to check the wall?

What you're saying works, it just doesn't scale.