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Vendors demonstrate ID scanners and surveillance systems; commissioners and public flag privacy risks
Summary
Vendors showed mobile and kiosk ID-scanning products and central, cross-venue databases; presenters emphasized benefits for investigations and venue safety while commissioners and public raised privacy concerns and urged careful data-access rules and real-world references.
Vendors at the Nov. 9 meeting demonstrated ID-scanning and video-surveillance products for entertainment venues and fielded detailed questions about cost, data retention and law-enforcement access.
Tim Iker, a Castro bar owner and developer, described a consumer-electronics–based scanner and an accompanying cloud service he calls Barkeep. He said a magnetic-stripe reader could be sold for roughly $750 and that adding 2D-barcode reading to cover IDs from more states adds about $200. Iker described features intended to prevent identity-swapping and repeated…
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