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Another option would be to make tickets nontransferrable and make venues require photo ID before accepting anyone's tickets.

marban 8y ago
Which would translate to queues that make airport security feel like a breeze.
- Barrin92 8y ago
  let's use face recognition for it, maybe we can put it to use for something that isn't policing
  - ageitgey 8y ago
    Maybe you are joking, but there are several companies trying this, like https://zenus-biometrics.com/ https://zenus-biometrics.com/
    - Barrin92 8y ago
      I wasn't joking at all. Tokyo is gearing up to use face recognition to process people at the 2020 Olympics as well. https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17659746/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-face-recognition-nec https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17659746/tokyo-2020-olympi... Also you made a python face recognition library right? I like it a lot, so thanks for making it!
MrMember 8y ago
I've been to a few shows that have done something like this. The credit card I used to buy the ticket was used as my "ticket" to get in to the show.
- oh_sigh 8y ago
  Scalpers can just buy tickets with prepaid credit cards and send those to the buyers
  - amyjess 8y ago
    Then require the purchaser to provide high-resolution scans of identity documents (both sides, and all pages for multi-page documents) with nothing blocked out at the time of purchase. If the scans don't match your physical documents, you are made to leave the premises. If they are a US citizen, they must scan both driver's license/state ID/passport/military ID and social security card. If not a US citizen, they must scan their home country's passport and if they come from a country that requires one, their visa. Also, require the purchaser to type in (not check a box, but actually type the words and disable the browser's paste function) "I swear under penalty of perjury that I will not transfer this ticket to anyone else and that I will do everything I am physically capable of to not let anyone do so on my behalf".
    - vkou 8y ago
      And what happens when that database leaks?
      - amyjess 8y ago
        And this is why you should have good IT security policies from the start. If your database leaks, you done fucked up.
        Sohcahtoa82 8y ago
        Uh...no. You could use the same logic to excuse storing passwords in plain text instead of hashes.
        Retra 8y ago
        You say "good IT security policies", but you really mean "perfect IT security policies"?
    - 8y ago
paulgb 8y ago
Thanks to lobbying from the ticket industry, this isn't allowed in some states including NY: https://www.stubhubconcourse.com/en/learn-more/blog/virginia-governor-signs-ticket-resale-rights-act-law https://www.stubhubconcourse.com/en/learn-more/blog/virginia...
- anon12341234 8y ago
  Also, thanks to lobbying from me. If I buy tickets to something and later find out I can't attend, I want to be able to give or sell those tickets to a friend.
  - lexs 8y ago
    In such a system (it's typical in Germany for example) you can sell it back to the ticket site which resells it for face value

marban 8y ago

Which would translate to queues that make airport security feel like a breeze.

Barrin92 8y ago
let's use face recognition for it, maybe we can put it to use for something that isn't policing
- ageitgey 8y ago
  Maybe you are joking, but there are several companies trying this, like https://zenus-biometrics.com/ https://zenus-biometrics.com/
  - Barrin92 8y ago
    I wasn't joking at all. Tokyo is gearing up to use face recognition to process people at the 2020 Olympics as well. https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17659746/tokyo-2020-olympic-games-face-recognition-nec https://www.theverge.com/2018/8/7/17659746/tokyo-2020-olympi... Also you made a python face recognition library right? I like it a lot, so thanks for making it!

MrMember 8y ago

I've been to a few shows that have done something like this. The credit card I used to buy the ticket was used as my "ticket" to get in to the show.

oh_sigh 8y ago
Scalpers can just buy tickets with prepaid credit cards and send those to the buyers
- amyjess 8y ago
  Then require the purchaser to provide high-resolution scans of identity documents (both sides, and all pages for multi-page documents) with nothing blocked out at the time of purchase. If the scans don't match your physical documents, you are made to leave the premises. If they are a US citizen, they must scan both driver's license/state ID/passport/military ID and social security card. If not a US citizen, they must scan their home country's passport and if they come from a country that requires one, their visa. Also, require the purchaser to type in (not check a box, but actually type the words and disable the browser's paste function) "I swear under penalty of perjury that I will not transfer this ticket to anyone else and that I will do everything I am physically capable of to not let anyone do so on my behalf".
  - vkou 8y ago
    And what happens when that database leaks?
    - amyjess 8y ago
      And this is why you should have good IT security policies from the start. If your database leaks, you done fucked up.
      - Sohcahtoa82 8y ago
        Uh...no. You could use the same logic to excuse storing passwords in plain text instead of hashes.
      - Retra 8y ago
        You say "good IT security policies", but you really mean "perfect IT security policies"?
  - 8y ago

paulgb 8y ago

Thanks to lobbying from the ticket industry, this isn't allowed in some states including NY: https://www.stubhubconcourse.com/en/learn-more/blog/virginia-governor-signs-ticket-resale-rights-act-law https://www.stubhubconcourse.com/en/learn-more/blog/virginia...

anon12341234 8y ago
Also, thanks to lobbying from me. If I buy tickets to something and later find out I can't attend, I want to be able to give or sell those tickets to a friend.
- lexs 8y ago
  In such a system (it's typical in Germany for example) you can sell it back to the ticket site which resells it for face value