Topic: Big Brother
started by: Leisher
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 02 2014,06:59
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?
Posted by GORDON on Oct. 02 2014,07:04
So... he didn't get cuffed and stuffed because he ran on the field? He got snatched because he made the tweet?
Posted by TheCatt on Oct. 02 2014,08:13
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.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 02 2014,08:19
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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? Regardless, he used Miguel's name during the Tigers game.
2) Facebook and Twitter are both monitored. A lot. 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.
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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. Monitoring calls based on where they geographically originate isn't terribly efficient. There are better ways. Facial recognition? Ditto.
Posted by TheCatt on Oct. 02 2014,10:49
(Malcolm @ Oct. 02 2014,11:19)
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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?
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 02 2014,11:03
(TheCatt @ Oct. 02 2014,12:49)
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(Malcolm @ Oct. 02 2014,11:19)
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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?
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.
Posted by Leisher on Oct. 02 2014,11:16
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.
Posted by Malcolm on Oct. 02 2014,11:28
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Facial recognition systems are in use around the country, but I thought they were limited both in number and capabilities. Maybe not...?
Not good enough to pick you out from a crowd at a baseball game for a postseason team. I'm assuming a hat since it was cold. How were the tickets bought? Cash? Plastic?
Posted by TheCatt on Oct. 02 2014,12:22
I am skeptical of this story's veracity.