Criminals use facial recognition to rob patrons at NYC gay bar



Police say criminals used facial recognition technology to steal thousands of dollars from patrons at a New York City gay bar. NBC’s Matt Lavietes has more on how these crimes are occurring and what authorities are advising for protecting oneself from these incidents.

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35 comments

  1. This isn’t real, what this happen once?

  2. Chance of being robbed is certain if you worked for Assumption university. AU uploaded our verbal conversation stolen from our office for years for fun. Teachers had no idea the tape hiding installed by AU. Crime committing by AU led to horrible, deadly incidents.

  3. There was a recent report about a possible serial killer dumpin bodies in Chicago river. I wonder if this perhaps that could be a similar scam turning deadly or with an intent to murder after robbing the victim. I think they were at over ten bodies fished out the Chicago river area last count

  4. Drug induced robbery.. that’s their own fault!

  5. It's probably Gorge Santos!

  6. Thousands aka a few thousand dollars

  7. Those criminals did the right thing 👍👍👍
    Robbing the thief
    The lgbtq abusers robbing our taxpayers money thru identity theft for rheor luxurious identity crisis issues delusion dragging womem and children to their drag queen show

  8. Why can’t they just call it a bar

  9. Caint use facial recognition on the brotha’z cuz they all lookz alike

  10. Facial & thumbprint recognition marks; no one shall shop; sell or buy without the mark; who knew?.

  11. "people who frequent these spaces?'; sure as no one ever died, get rob or both at a church…fer sure!.

  12. so basically the people are doing dumb things and being taken advantage of? What's the story here?

  13. I don’t use face or finger print to activate my phone; number code only. I also don’t save passwords in my phone. It takes just a little more time to log into a few sites but it also forces me to remember passwords.

  14. And this is why I don’t have my phone set with my face!! Like it’s just too easy

  15. I remember back in 1998 going out in BoysTown and feeling safe lots of fun. Not anymore times have def changed.

  16. Sodomites.. Need Jesus Christ. ♥️🙏

  17. Bless these poor people who wants to cancel others and sue them for differing views. Please dont hurt them!😥

  18. Going to a car with a stranger at a bar. What could go wrong?

  19. That's scary!!! Good Lord

  20. Thanks, gonna remove the biometrics and rely on patterns and passwords from now on.

  21. A lot of these crimes with all go unreported…..they don't want their "wives" and "husbands" to know where they were at.

  22. Criminals are the ones that are creating the usage of these technologies terms. Duh

  23. Lock your SIM, use a pattern rather than facial or finger print to open. I use ALL 3. Turn your phones OFF or leave them in your pocket while in public places. Horrifying!

  24. Thumb or finger print too, nit just face recognition and voice recognition

  25. I don't trust NONE of that hi-tech stuff that's supposed make life easier … It just makes it way to easy for you , your stuff and your money to be tracked and hack …NO THANK YOU !!!!!!…