(20-04-2018, 19:51)reaper Wrote: Avicii overleden. 28 jaar

(20-04-2018, 23:11)eloelo Wrote: Had het wel bijzonder gevonden als je zoiets wel verwacht had.

Quote:Ticketmaster hopes to speed up event access by scanning your face

By partnering with a face recognition maker, it could eventually allow you to enter venues without a ticket.

Ticketmaster envisions a future wherein you no longer need either a physical or a digital ticket to get into a venue. Its parent company Live Nation, has announced that the ticket sales giant has teamed up with and invested in a face recognition company called Blink Identity. In its first quarter financial report (PDF), Live Nation has explained that Blink has "cutting-edge facial recognition technology, enabling you to associate your digital ticket with your image, then just walk into the show."

According to Blink's website, its system can register an image of your face as soon as you walk past a sensor. Blink's technology can then match it against a large database in half a second -- in a blink, so to speak. It's also apparently powerful enough that you don't even have to slow down for its system to recognize you: Just walk normally, and if the technology gets a match, it'll automatically open doors or turnstiles to let you in.

While some might find value in a ticketing system that relies on facial recognition, others are understandably concerned about its implications. Facial recognition is far from perfect and still has issues recognizing PoCs, which could lead to some event attendees not being able to enter venues they were supposed to have instant access to.

Further, if Ticketmaster collects data on facial recognition, then that's one more potential source for the government's surveillance efforts. It doesn't help that Blink spent a decade developing and deploying large scale biometric identification systems for the Department of Defense. Finally, if hackers breach the company's system, then they could get away with its customers' face and details, maybe even including the payment method they used to purchase tickets.

Facial recognition is a growing technology, though, and we'll probably have to get used to the idea of non-tech companies like Live Nation and Delta moving into the space. We'll just have to wait and see how things work out from a privacy perspective.

(08-05-2018, 11:45)Kreuz Wrote: Steak Number Eight stopt ermee. Jammer, want ze leken de afgelopen jaren op de rand van internationaal doorbreken.

(09-05-2018, 00:28)Maynard-J Wrote:

(08-05-2018, 11:45)Kreuz Wrote: Steak Number Eight stopt ermee. Jammer, want ze leken de afgelopen jaren op de rand van internationaal doorbreken.

Jammer, prima band was dat. Net nog bevestigd voor Pukkelpop. Afscheidstournee dus?

(09-05-2018, 18:53)matthijs603 Wrote: De kans dat alles oke is lijkt me helaas bijzonder klein als je die tweet ziet..

(09-05-2018, 19:01)F-JЩ Wrote:

(09-05-2018, 18:53)matthijs603 Wrote: De kans dat alles oke is lijkt me helaas bijzonder klein als je die tweet ziet..

Doet me denken aan die keer met Dave Pajo. Maar die vonden ze tenminste nog gelijk/op tijd. Scott is al een tijdje zoek en heeft z'n telefoon blijkbaar ook achtergelaten.

(11-05-2018, 08:37)Murdoc Niccals Wrote: We hoeven niet per se een discussie over zelfmoord te voeren, maar 'helaas te laat' doet m.i. weinig recht aan de gevoelens die hij klaarblijkelijk had.