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all apologies for the typo at the top. it's been fixed

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I saw an article about this topic a while back. I assumed they meant fans, but I see now that only those individuals who access restricted areas will use the new biometric scans. I will bet you that NFL fans' faces are now being covertly scanned--probably justified with a small clause in their ticket sale agreement that allows the NFL to do so. Fans will not be notified; a third party and its partners will aggregate the fans' faces and correlate with credit card statements and other means of identification (drivers licenses--they may even be able to access DMVs in each state); and their faces will be sold or given to China who appears, from Gates' previous interactions with them , to be the hub designated for the capture of worldwide digital ID. I can understand your cynicism, Ben. I so despair at America today. When I read one interesting fact today, I must extrapolate the repercussions 10X because the dark projects and people are so far ahead of us. I think 2030 is a serious deadline.

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They've gone commie. Never going to the stadium again.

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Commie? No. Fascist? As in Nazi Germany Redux? Yes. Read your history. Only a matter of time before the exterminations begin. Like Hitler said, Socialism for the rich, and showers for the rest of you. Especially dingbat sports fans who don't read books,

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Come on, guys. Hire better writers for this simulated world you've created for us peasants, huh? What, you're copying Dickens now in punny names? *Brandon Covert* (eye roll)

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Is that a RED LINE for the moron slaves "fans" of NFL?!

Of course NOT...

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Ugh.

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Maybe a better headline would be NFL admits to deploying facial recognition tech at all 32 stadiums a decade ago.

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It will be used to begin collecting people's faces. This is truly black mirror terrifying.

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