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

  • abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Queer person here: OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK, THIS IS WHY WE TEACH LGBT HISTORY! If there is one group that should know better it’s the LGBT community, especially now with what’s happening to transgender people because holy shit.