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  1. FYI: Explaining liveness detection: Liveness detection tests whether a biometric sample comes from a real person present at capture. Standards, error metrics, attack classes and ad tech stakes. ppc.land/liveness-detection/ #Biometrics #LivenessDetection #DigitalSecurity #TechStandards #Cybersecurity

  2. FYI: Explaining liveness detection: Liveness detection tests whether a biometric sample comes from a real person present at capture. Standards, error metrics, attack classes and ad tech stakes. ppc.land/liveness-detection/ #Biometrics #LivenessDetection #DigitalSecurity #TechStandards #Cybersecurity

  3. FYI: Explaining liveness detection: Liveness detection tests whether a biometric sample comes from a real person present at capture. Standards, error metrics, attack classes and ad tech stakes. ppc.land/liveness-detection/ #Biometrics #LivenessDetection #DigitalSecurity #TechStandards #Cybersecurity

  4. SF Standard: Castro bars dropped face scanners. The bigger fight isn’t over. “A months-long fight over an ID-scanning system that photographs arriving patrons at Castro gay bars has come to a head, with all three venues known to use it — Badlands, Toad Hall, and The Mix — halting the practice under pressure from privacy advocates. But the retreat from the tool, PatronScan, hasn’t […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/17/sf-standard-castro-bars-dropped-face-scanners-the-bigger-fight-isnt-over/
  5. Electronic Frontier Foundation: Why Are Gay Bars Building Databases of Their Patrons?. “Recent reports have raised alarm about the use of PatronScan, an ID-checking and face-scanning system, at multiple LGBTQ+ bars in San Francisco’s Castro neighborhood. Much of the attention has focused on reports that the system photographs patrons as they enter venues and questions about whether those […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/29/electronic-frontier-foundation-why-are-gay-bars-building-databases-of-their-patrons/