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Leisher 
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Posted on: Oct. 02 2014,06:59 |
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Interesting story I heard yesterday.
Guy is at the Tigers game with his kid. He received the tickets from a friend. During the game he tweets or FBs the message: "If this gets 150 likes I'll run down on the field and hug Cabbrera (sp?)."
Two innings later, he was being taken to a private office by ballpark security.
How'd they hear about his post? How did they identify him? How did they figure out where he was sitting?
Did someone call and warn the stadium? Are they monitoring all communications in and out of the facility? Did they triangulate his position or use facial recognition to find him?
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GORDON
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Posted on: Oct. 02 2014,07:04 |
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So... he didn't get cuffed and stuffed because he ran on the field? He got snatched because he made the tweet?
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Oct. 02 2014,08:13 |
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It's entirely possible his friend called him in. If you have season tickets, and someone does something asinine in your seats, the season ticket holder can lose his tickets/be banned forever.
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Oct. 02 2014,08:19 |
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QUOTE How'd they hear about his post? How did they identify him? How did they figure out where he was sitting?
1) What, if any, hashtags did he use? Â Regardless, he used Miguel's name during the Tigers game.
2) Facebook and Twitter are both monitored. Â A lot. Â The authorities are paranoid they'll be used to coordinate a terrorist attack during a nationally televised event.
3) Facebook and Twitter tend to tie your account back to your real name.
4) You tend to buy sports tickets with your real name, especially if it's by credit card.
QUOTE Did someone call and warn the stadium? Are they monitoring all communications in and out of the facility? Did they triangulate his position or use facial recognition to find him?
I doubt it. Â Monitoring calls based on where they geographically originate isn't terribly efficient. Â There are better ways. Â Facial recognition? Â Ditto.
Edited by Malcolm on Oct. 02 2014,08:19
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Malcolm
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Posted on: Oct. 02 2014,11:03 |
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(TheCatt @ Oct. 02 2014,12:49)
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(Malcolm @ Oct. 02 2014,11:19)
QUOTE 4) You tend to buy sports tickets with your real name, especially if it's by credit card. He got the tickets from a friend, not credit card/purchase. Is this story real? Â 
Tracking you down to your seat is rather impressive. They aren't going to send out security goons with a GPS tracker and say, "Find this guy." They'd send them to a particular section, row, and seat.
If there's no good way to tie his FB/Twitter to his real name to his ticket purchase, then I'm inclined to call bullshit. Unless his name sounds especially terroristy.
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Diogenes of Sinope:
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"Other dogs bite only their enemies, whereas I bite also my friends in order to save them."
Arnold Judas Rimmer, BSC, SSC:
"Better dead than smeg."
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Leisher
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Posted on: Oct. 02 2014,11:16 |
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From what I understand, the tickets were bought at the gate, so the season ticket holder thing is out.
Facial recognition systems are in use around the country, but I thought they were limited both in number and capabilities. Maybe not...?
In slightly related news, the kid who ran onto the field at OSU is losing his scholarship. What a dumbass.
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TheCatt
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Posted on: Oct. 02 2014,12:22 |
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I am skeptical of this story's veracity.
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