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. For venues serving vulnerable communities, the stakes of using this technology are high.

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.

  • Septimaeus@infosec.pubEnglish
    10·
    2 days ago

    Guessing owners were targeted sales opportunities after one of the nearby lgbt club attacks, since it’s clustered in that neighborhood, and they may not be technically savvy so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt, but they need to realize that this is a fox in the henhouse situation with respect to their local queer community and not a safe way to protect their patrons.

    E: typos