Taylor Swift used facial recognition at a concert to detect stalkers

Get the Full StoryWhile facial recognition is increasingly being used by authorities to keep track of wrongdoers, entertainers have employed the tech as well to keep track of stalkers.

As per Rolling Stone, at Taylor Swift's Rose Bowl concert in May, a kiosk was set up where it was playing clips of the pop star's rehearsal.

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Little did concertgoers know was that a camera was hiding behind the kiosk's screen, where a facial recognition camera was snapping photos and transferring them to a Nashville-based "command post."

The images were then checked with a database of the singer's known list of stalkers, which numbers in the hundreds. Read more...More about Tech, Celebrities, Taylor Swift, Facial Recognition, and Tech

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