Ben Wizner

I really do think some of those tunes are bangers.

And look, I mean, so much respect to him.

You are pandering.

Hang on.

For hiring the great Leon Rose.

Fourth year in a row that we're in the second round of the playoffs, the only team in the NBA.

Finally, a well-run team.

And that's why it pains me so much to be here to talk about the surveillance empire that he is constructing at fans' expense.

It's a new daily game for sports fans.

To play now, go to theathletic.com slash connections.

Yeah, I told you to wear a COVID mask up until the point so that we wouldn't create a scene before the entrance.

But it was just that guy.

We were just waved into the fast lane where we didn't even have to go through metal detectors.

I mean, the thing about this kind of facial recognition system is that it doesn't do much for actual security.

If you were some malevolent entity that wanted to cause havoc in the garden,

you would know that they have a facial recognition system, and you would send someone who could not conceivably be on it, in the same way that a terrorist organization would make sure that whoever they want to send onto a plane has pre-check and probably clear.

They would pay the premium.

Yeah.

These things are for convenience.

They're not for security.