- What: Discussion on the use of facial recognition at Madison Square Garden and its implications for privacy
- Impact: Raises concerns about corporate surveillance and privacy rights
Last month, the story broke (alternate link ) that Madison Square Garden uses facial recognition software on everyone entering the facility, andâamong other groupsâflags activists that oppose using facial recognition. Turns out that the system was shut off for Taylor Swiftâs wedding. Evan Greerâone of the people that MSG alerts onâ comments : Ironically, Swift herself has reportedly used facial recognition at her own concerts to identify stalkers. This âprivacy for me, surveillance for theeâ attitude feels like a perfect encapsulation of the future weâre 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.