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Lawsuit in California, plaintiffs vs the Mouse, about facial recogmition in theme parks.

“When American families and their children visit a theme park, let alone a brand that’s as ubiquitous as Disney, they shouldn’t sacrifice their privacy rights when they enter,” Yagman said in a statement. “And as facial recognition becomes more common, and it proliferates in public places, especially, it’s more important than ever that we protect people’s privacy rights, because there are civil rights implications and privacy implications to collecting someone’s biometric information, especially without adequate consent, which is what we’ve alleged.

Seems to be.. the Mouse provides a way to bypass those lines. But that way is obscure and unclear to guests. So most ppl don't even know it is hapepning. Let alone which lines can bypass it.

the park has small signs at some security checkpoints notifying guests of the facial recognition policy, “but the sign is adorned with red, green, yellow, and blue Mickey Mouse silhouettes and is very easy to miss.”

This tech is also common, maybe unavoidable? at many sporting events in the US now. Major stadiums, that sort of thing.

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[–] humble_boatsman@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Guess I'll just not go into the public space anymore. Shrugs oh wait you can't even drive your car to the mountains with out having flock track your biometrics.

[–] FineCoatMummy@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

Funny that. I have actually changed my driving routes to avoid Flock.

Adds some distance to bypass their shit. But fuck those guys.

[–] Marshezezz@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What a piece of shit company

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 months ago

Disney was at least nazi adjacent.

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

You can opt out IF you find the hidden Mickey.