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| DATE | 2022-12-29 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Spying and Data collection for tickets at
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this article is a fundemental lie and the headline
The headline is like it was written by the Chinese PLA
On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 01:57:56PM -0500, Ruben Safir wrote:
> https://www.sporttechie.com/new-york-mets-citi-field-wicket-fan-survey/
>
> 80% of Fans Found Wicket at Citi Field a ‘More Convenient and Engaging
> Way’ to Enter Ballpark, Mets Survey Finds
> By Andrew Cohen
> December 27, 2022
>
> A survey from the New York Mets found that 80% of fans who used Wicket’s
> facial ticketing to enter Citi Field last season felt it was a “more
> convenient and engaging way” to enter the ballpark versus traditional
> methods. The survey also found that 90% of respondents would like to see
> the Mets expand Wicket’s facial recognition to support in-venue
> transactions among other experiences.
>
> Wicket’s opt-in facial ticketing system was piloted at Citi Field in
> 2021. It expanded last season to have Wicket’s kiosks placed at all main
> entry gates for the Mets Entry Express program. The survey was based on
> responses from 194 Mets Entry Express users, which represent 0.58% of
> the 33,308 average crowd at Citi Field in 2022. The Mets plan to expand
> Wicket’s facial recognition in 2023 to include additional express lanes
> and new premium spaces for fans who register for Wicket via the MLB
> Ballpark app.
>
> The Mets’ survey said it took six seconds for a family of four to enter
> Citi Field via Wicket’s express gates. Other teams partnered with Wicket
> include MLS club Columbus Crew and the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and
> Cleveland Browns. Not all New Yorkers are supportive of the Mets’ facial
> recognition usage, as the NY-based privacy group Surveillance Technology
> Oversight Project (STOP) formed a petition in September that seeks to
> remove facial ticketing from Citi Field. In a separate facial
> recognition deployment, Knicks and Rangers owner James Dolan has used
> the technology to ban lawyers from firms suing him from entering Madison
> Square Garden.
>
> "Fans shouldn't have to give away their faces when a barcode will do
> just fine,” STOP director Sam Van Doran said in a statement.
> “Surveillance vendors push tech solutions for problems that don't exist,
> without considering the consequences. As a Mets fan, I'm an optimist -
> but when biometric data is collected by a private company for unknown
> purposes, we all lose."
>
> --
> So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
> that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
> proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
> http://www.mrbrklyn.com
>
> DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
> http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
> http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive
> http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
> http://www.brooklyn-living.com
>
> Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps,
> but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
>
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So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
http://www.mrbrklyn.com
DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive
http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
http://www.brooklyn-living.com
Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps,
but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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