Madison Sq Garden database tracks hundreds. Labels "LGBTQIA," & low/high "risk."

https://www.wired.com/story/madison-square-garden-celebrity-database-surveillance/

by smurda • 14 days ago

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ChrisArchitect• 14 days ago

Madison Square Garden compiled a list of activists against facial recognition

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48644781

honeycrispy• 13 days ago

MSG database stands for "Madison square garden database", not "Message database". I think the title should be updated to avoid confusion.

smurda• 13 days ago

good feedback. updated.

smcg• 13 days ago

https://archive.ph/fEVKk

Simulacra• 13 days ago

When I worked in IT for the US congress (2012) the internal system that tracks constituents does the same thing. All offices uses it. "Black folks" was the most glaring odd label that I saw.

AlexandrB• 13 days ago

Joe Rogan's Comedy Mothership does something similar[1]. The worst part about these systems is that the lack of accountability and appeals process. If you end up on the "bad" list, you're banned and probably SOL.

[1] https://www.cracked.com/article_38944_joe-rogans-comedy-club...

galkk4• 13 days ago

Hmm, nobody is entitled to a private property visit and owner can set any rules they like

pyuser5833• 13 days ago

That’s not true at all. There are many rules affecting public establishments, including privately owned ones.

Your house is your house, but once you establish a venue open to the general public, you have to follow rules.

masfuerte• 13 days ago

This is risk scores for celebrities looking for free tickets. Does anyone really care?

josefritzishere• 13 days ago

Is this a hate crime? It might literally be illegal in New York. Maybe they're undeserving of their millions of dollars of tax breaks.

opengrass• 13 days ago

It's for the cameraman to know where to point during live and taped events.

Madison Sq Garden database tracks hundreds. Labels "LGBTQIA," & low/high "risk."

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