Post #3415098

What the fuck? "This weekend, Fight for the Future is issuing a safety advisory for those in the San Francisco Bay Area ahead of San Francisco Pride activities scheduled for June 27-28. "We’ve learned of several prominent gay bars in San Francisco (including Mix, Badlands, and Toad Hall) that have TSA-level face scanners for entry, putting already vulnerable patrons at severe risk of surveillance. If you're partaking in San Francisco’s Pride festivities this weekend, please check this map of venues with dangerous surveillance before you go, and make sure to report any venues to our local partners at AI Action if you encounter facial recognition. Together we can help keep the queer and trans community safe from harmful surveillance." Ok, so although fftf is not a queer org, their deputy director is a trans activist ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fight_for_the_Future ), which helps resolve some of my conflicted feelings about getting an email like this from a tech group, although I'm not sure I've heard of them before and don't know how I got on their email list. But also, what the fuck?