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(NBC New York)   Today in cyber-dystopia: Facial recognition tech used by MegaCorp to ban all employees of enemy NationalLawFirm from all holdings of MegaCorp, including restaurants and Christmas shows   (nbcnewyork.com) divider line
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5598 clicks; posted to Main » on 20 Dec 2022 at 1:35 PM (13 weeks ago)   |   Favorite    |   share:  Share on Twitter share via Email Share on Facebook



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King Something [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 1:03:47 PM  
The only way this could be more 'Murica is if she'd gotten arrested for child endangerment for leaving her daughter unattended at the Christmas show she'd just gotten kicked from.
 
Driedsponge [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-20 1:26:30 PM  
Going after the liquor licence is pure genius.  There are far stricter rules in place for those, and falling afoul can cost a business hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue.
 
sithon
2022-12-20 1:27:51 PM  
This some how makes me think of Snow Crash. Corporations  boxing themselves in and acting like litte feudal kingdoms.
 
austerity101
2022-12-20 1:37:18 PM  
It seems rather, um, hold for a corporation to attack a legal film.
 
austerity101
2022-12-20 1:39:48 PM  
*bold, I mean.
 
General Tom Foolery
2022-12-20 1:40:09 PM  
Keeping attorneys away from the general public?

I'm not sure I see the problem
 
Walker [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 1:40:13 PM  
"It was pretty simultaneous, I think, to me, going through the metal detector, that I heard over an intercom or loudspeaker," she told NBC New York. "I heard them say woman with long dark hair and a grey scarf."

"They knew my name before I told them. They knew the firm I was associated with before I told them. And they told me I was not allowed to be there," said Conlon.
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Another Government Employee
2022-12-20 1:40:50 PM  
Poking the Dynamite Attorney?

Let me get the popcorn.
 
MrHormel [OhFark]
2022-12-20 1:40:57 PM  
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Claude Ballse
2022-12-20 1:41:42 PM  

sithon: This some how makes me think of Snow Crash. Corporations  boxing themselves in and acting like litte feudal kingdoms.


Snow Crash always seemed to me like the future of the United States if Libertarianism won and the Government was purposefully dismantled in order to let corporations pursue profits at any cost and without the hinderance of regulations that protected people.
 
SimonElectric
2022-12-20 1:41:52 PM  
MegaCorp: We're going to ban lawyers on dubious grounds
Lawyers: You realize we are lawyers, right? You know what we do, right?
 
Incog_Neeto
2022-12-20 1:42:06 PM  
If you keep expanding your enemies list then less and less people will be able to go to your shows thus lowering the overhead for dealing with all of those people.  There is no way that this type of policy will backfire.
 
asciibaron
2022-12-20 1:42:28 PM  
they have the right to refuse service, they exercised it.
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2022-12-20 1:42:47 PM  

Claude Ballse: sithon: This some how makes me think of Snow Crash. Corporations  boxing themselves in and acting like litte feudal kingdoms.

Snow Crash always seemed to me like the future of the United States if Libertarianism won and the Government was purposefully dismantled in order to let corporations pursue profits at any cost and without the hinderance of regulations that protected people.


And skateboards retaining their peak popularity.
 
farkitallletitend
2022-12-20 1:43:19 PM  
I should get one for my front door. Jehovah's Witness show up and sprinklers come on. I'm picking up lighthouse litter all over the neighborhood for a week.
 
asciibaron
2022-12-20 1:43:23 PM  

SimonElectric: MegaCorp: We're going to ban lawyers on dubious grounds
Lawyers: You realize we are lawyers, right? You know what we do, right?


they have lawyers too.  by refusing service they have maintained a specific position.
 
talkyournonsense
2022-12-20 1:43:41 PM  
AntiFacial recognition make up anyone?
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2022-12-20 1:44:05 PM  

asciibaron: they have the right to refuse service, they exercised it.


Seems really short sighted for a live entertainment company though.
 
Epicedion
2022-12-20 1:45:28 PM  

sithon: This some how makes me think of Snow Crash. Corporations  boxing themselves in and acting like litte feudal kingdoms.


This internet meme predates internet memes and is somehow still relevant.

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asciibaron
2022-12-20 1:45:52 PM  

baron von doodle: asciibaron: they have the right to refuse service, they exercised it.

Seems really short sighted for a live entertainment company though.


no, they refused to allow an employee of a law firm currently in suit against them in.  that seems pretty smart.
 
ann89
2022-12-20 1:46:01 PM  
Hehehhe
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2022-12-20 1:46:37 PM  
"Davis is now upping the legal ante, challenging MSG's license with the State Liquor Authority."

There you go. Hit 'em where it hurts.
 
Raoul Eaton [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 1:48:02 PM  

asciibaron: they have the right to refuse service, they exercised it.


Apparently they won't get to keep their liquor license though.  Too bad.
 
Epicedion
2022-12-20 1:48:43 PM  

asciibaron: baron von doodle: asciibaron: they have the right to refuse service, they exercised it.

Seems really short sighted for a live entertainment company though.

no, they refused to allow an employee of a law firm currently in suit against them in.  that seems pretty smart.


You post stupid things on Fark, you should probably be banned from all stores that aren't Wal-Mart due to your.. predilections.
 
xalres
2022-12-20 1:48:50 PM  

Claude Ballse: sithon: This some how makes me think of Snow Crash. Corporations  boxing themselves in and acting like litte feudal kingdoms.

Snow Crash always seemed to me like the future of the United States if Libertarianism won and the Government was purposefully dismantled in order to let corporations pursue profits at any cost and without the hinderance of regulations that protected people.


Can we at least get some of the cool stuff from that book if we're going to be living the shiat parts?
 
Shostie [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 1:49:35 PM  
This is extraordinarily petty even for a dystopia.
 
Raoul Eaton [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 1:49:49 PM  

asciibaron: baron von doodle: asciibaron: they have the right to refuse service, they exercised it.

Seems really short sighted for a live entertainment company though.

no, they refused to allow an employee of a law firm currently in suit against them in.  that seems pretty smart.


You don't understand holding companies, do you?
 
Claude Ballse
2022-12-20 1:50:29 PM  

Epicedion: sithon: This some how makes me think of Snow Crash. Corporations  boxing themselves in and acting like litte feudal kingdoms.

This internet meme predates internet memes and is somehow still relevant.

[Fark user image 426x532]


It's amazing how much technology fantasy from that book became reality.
 
kindms
2022-12-20 1:51:16 PM  
where did msg acquire her picture for their database ?

dolan sucks
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-20 1:52:23 PM  
I spent 15 minutes trying to do a headline for this f*cking story and deleted every one because they sucked.

Bravo subby!!!
 
Anim
2022-12-20 1:52:39 PM  

xalres: Claude Ballse: sithon: This some how makes me think of Snow Crash. Corporations  boxing themselves in and acting like litte feudal kingdoms.

Snow Crash always seemed to me like the future of the United States if Libertarianism won and the Government was purposefully dismantled in order to let corporations pursue profits at any cost and without the hinderance of regulations that protected people.

Can we at least get some of the cool stuff from that book if we're going to be living the shiat parts?


The cool stuff was what got it classified as "Fiction"
 
gameshowhost [OhFark]
2022-12-20 1:52:42 PM  

Incog_Neeto: If you keep expanding your enemies list then less and less people will be able to go to your shows thus lowering the overhead for dealing with all of those people.  There is no way that this type of policy will backfire.


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Doubleodoug
2022-12-20 1:52:56 PM  
What's the end game? MegaCorp wants to disincentivize people from brining personal damage claims by making it difficult for them to find legal representation?  That's not very nice.
 
JessieL [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 1:53:12 PM  

asciibaron: baron von doodle: asciibaron: they have the right to refuse service, they exercised it.

Seems really short sighted for a live entertainment company though.

no, they refused to allow an employee of a law firm currently in suit against them in.  that seems pretty smart.


I know this is difficult for a lot of people of a certain political demographic to grasp, but sometimes being an asshole simply because you have the right to has further reaching consequences.
 
Weaver95
2022-12-20 1:54:02 PM  
Note to self - look into hacking facial recognition software. This apparently has some very serious practical joke potential....
 
UltimaCS
2022-12-20 1:54:21 PM  
All impacted attorneys were notified of the policy, including Davis, Saperstein and Salomon, which was notified twice," a spokesperson for MSG Entertainment said in a statement.

And if she needs to be told a third time, they'll pop her in the nose!
 
spongeboob [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 1:54:31 PM  

austerity101: *bold, I mean.


And probably ment firm as well
 
pheelix
2022-12-20 1:55:09 PM  

asciibaron: baron von doodle: asciibaron: they have the right to refuse service, they exercised it.

Seems really short sighted for a live entertainment company though.

no, they refused to allow an employee of a law firm currently in suit against them in.  that seems pretty smart.


A lawsuit she's not involved with, taking place in a state she's not licensed to practice law in, involving a restaurant venue that's not part of the same MSG business unit she was attending a show at. It's not smart. It's petty and vindictive.
 
JessieL [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 1:56:09 PM  

kindms: where did msg acquire her picture for their database ?

dolan sucks


https://www.dsslaw.com/our-firm/attorneys/
 
Pichu0102
2022-12-20 1:56:20 PM  

Shostie: This is extraordinarily petty even for a dystopia.


We're close to "pick up that can" levels of petty alongside the dystopian bureaucracy of "beating quotas".
 
Claude Ballse
2022-12-20 1:56:29 PM  

kindms: where did msg acquire her picture for their database ?

dolan sucks


Where are pictures of you online?

The facial recognition software usually has a 30-40% accuracy rate, but that's why you contact the individual and confirm identity first.

The amazing thing about surveillance software now is that it goes hand-in-hand with building architecture. Around entrances to venue or property, you create "choke points". Escalators are perfect for this purpose where you corral people together into single-file lines and get them to stand still so that a camera can ID them. Especially where you put mirrors up so that they stare at themselves to check their appearance.

Advanced software will not only flag them but can automatically track them through ceiling cameras as they move about the entire property to let you know where they are at all times.
 
Diocletian's Last Cabbage [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 1:57:28 PM  
So did MSG write their own racial recognition software, or did they buy a turn-key security software package?
 
Madman drummers bummers [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2022-12-20 1:57:56 PM  
And they ask me why I've continued to wear a mask in public.
 
baron von doodle [OhFark]
2022-12-20 1:59:13 PM  

pheelix: asciibaron: baron von doodle: asciibaron: they have the right to refuse service, they exercised it.

Seems really short sighted for a live entertainment company though.

no, they refused to allow an employee of a law firm currently in suit against them in.  that seems pretty smart.

A lawsuit she's not involved with, taking place in a state she's not licensed to practice law in, involving a restaurant venue that's not part of the same MSG business unit she was attending a show at. It's not smart. It's petty and vindictive.


Better worded than I was going to type. The real key here is that a live entertainment company is, regardless of legality, appearing petty and vindictive. That is not going to help future sales.
 
Prof. Frink [BareFark]
2022-12-20 1:59:18 PM  

Diocletian's Last Cabbage: So did MSG write their own racial recognition software, or did they buy a turn-key security software package?


This is a "mega corps suck" not "shoot the blacks" thread.
 
Diocletian's Last Cabbage [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 1:59:32 PM  

Diocletian's Last Cabbage: So did MSG write their own racial recognition software, or did they buy a turn-key security software package?


Oops, I mean facial, not racial.

Although, now that I think about it...
 
bighairyguy [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 2:00:23 PM  

King Something: The only way this could be more 'Murica is if she'd gotten arrested for child endangerment for leaving her daughter unattended at the Christmas show she'd just gotten kicked from.


You start with child trafficking and "allow" them to plead down to child endangerment.  Also compare it to the Mexican border crossing policy of separating children from parents for extra outrage points.
 
phalamir [TotalFark]
2022-12-20 2:00:28 PM  

Claude Ballse: sithon: This some how makes me think of Snow Crash. Corporations  boxing themselves in and acting like litte feudal kingdoms.

Snow Crash always seemed to me like the future of the United States if Libertarianism won and the Government was purposefully dismantled in order to let corporations pursue profits at any cost and without the hinderance of regulations that protected people.


The biggest problem with Snow Crash is that it fell into the main problem with any libertarian view of the world - it assumed infrastructure was a self-organizing process of nature, and not something held up by government.  While the government was literally a neutered puppy trapped in the basement, electricity, water, and roads worked perfectly fine and were accessible to all.  If Snow Crash were "real", Hiro wouldn't even be able to press his gas pedal fully to the floor before he would hit a toll booth to the next stretch of shiatty roadbed, and electricity would be so spotty as to be well-nigh absent.  Which would put the Metaverse simply unusable.
 
RandomInternetComment
2022-12-20 2:00:53 PM  

sithon: This some how makes me think of Snow Crash. Corporations  boxing themselves in and acting like litte feudal kingdoms.


Or something out of the Cyberpunk 2077/ table top gaming series universe.
 
Target Builder
2022-12-20 2:06:03 PM  

Doubleodoug: What's the end game? MegaCorp wants to disincentivize people from brining personal damage claims by making it difficult for them to find legal representation?  That's not very nice.


Seems more like "while litigation is ongoing we're barring representatives from the law firm involved from entering our properties, once litigation is resolved back to usual".

Though tough to pick a side here - Personal Injury Lawyers vs MegaCorp
 
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