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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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[–] Abyssian@lemmy.world -4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Probably so they can be bitchy and catty and gossip about each other even more. Wait, gay men's bars or gay women's bars? Because gay women don't do that nearly as much.