he was unaware Mix could share patron data with neighboring businesses but did not see a problem with it. “I think it’s cute that they share it amongst other bars,” he wrote. “It’s like a little cybersecurity community.”
Imagine being excited your personal data is being treated like the neighborhood fuckboy.
So, you have one bad interaction with some jerk, and then you get a life ban that propagates through the whole city?
Seems rather shit. We might as well roll out a social credit scoring system. I bet you don’t even get three strikes.
I would likely avoid any venue with a system like this anyway, so it won’t matter if I’m banned or not.
Most of the clubs in my city have used this type of system for over 15 years. It’s billed as a way to keep known gang members and people who have assaulted others from the establishments that use the system.
Definitely has a different connotation of surveillance now than when I was out partying at places with it.
Are there non-gay bars on Castro st? Never been to SF but all I know is that’s like the most iconic/historic gay district
Les Natali
They should only scan trouble makers after they make trouble. Any face scans on entry should be checking against the trouble maker database then not save anything unless there is a hit. They should not default to saving everyones data.
They shouldn’t scan anyone. It will always be abused.
