MSG briefly disables facial-recognition cameras during Taylor Swift wedding events
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During Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding weekend at Madison Square Garden, the venue temporarily locked out most security personnel from its Genetec video system and its facial-recognition software for a seven-hour period to protect client privacy, a rare departure that highlights the tension between celebrity privacy and pervasive biometric surveillance, and raises broader questions about who gets privacy in public spaces.
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- The push to ban facial recognition at MSG Politico
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