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Madison Square Garden's surveillance banned this fan over his T-shirt design

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219 points helloworld | 2 comments | 29 Mar 25 00:08 UTC | HN request time: 0.489s | source
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try_the_bass ◴[29 Mar 25 18:45 UTC] No.43517593[source]▶
I don't understand why there's so much focus on facial recognition on this article?

The guy's name was known from social media, and his name was on his ticket, presumably. He was then asked for his ID to verify his identity (confirm he was the person on the list), and then kicked out.

I don't see where in that any kind of facial recognition was necessary?

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1. moioci ◴[29 Mar 25 19:30 UTC] No.43517949[source]▶
There must be many thousands of people named Frank Miller, Jr. So something in addition to the name had to be used.
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2. try_the_bass ◴[29 Mar 25 19:35 UTC] No.43517986[source]▶
That's why they pulled him aside and asked for his ID?