Kashmir HillDec 20, 2022
This is absolutely insane. A mom was prevented from taking her daughter to a Christmas show at Radio City Music Hall because she works for a law firm litigating against the venue's parent company. They spotted her with facial recognition technology according to this report: https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigations/face-recognition-tech-gets-girl-scout-mom-booted-from-rockettes-show-due-to-her-employer/4004677/
Face Recognition Tech Gets Girl Scout Mom Booted From Rockettes Show — Due to Where She Works

Kelly Conlon took her daughter to see the Rockettes in the Christmas Spectacular in NYC, but was not allowed in after facial recognition identified her because…

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@kashhill
Everyone seems to be focusing on the ‘what happened’ here. More concerning is the ‘how’. The venue had a database which had one record linking Kelly Conlon, an image of Kelly Conlon, and Kelly Conlon’s employer. A second record linked her employer to claims against the venue's parent company.
I'd hazard a guess that this was no in house computer development but a product from one of the larger companies offering corporate #surveillance. #infosec
Dec 21, 2022 at 5:10pmWeb