Facial Recognition at Madison Square Garden
Last month, the story broke (alternate link) that Madison Square Garden uses facial recognition software on everyone entering the facility, andβamong other groupsβflags activists that oppose using facial recognition.
Turns out that the system was shut off for Taylor Swiftβs wedding.
Evan Greerβone of the people that MSG alerts onβcomments:
Ironically, Swift herself has reportedly used facial recognition at her own concerts to identify stalkers. This βprivacy for me, surveillance for theeβ attitude feels like a perfect encapsulation of the future weβre already living in: one where wealthy elites can afford privacy, while the rest of us are forced to live in a corporate surveillance panopticon.
Whatever privacy measures Swift had in place for the wedding seems to have worked. No photos have leaked online.