Bouncers demanding to see Facebook on phones as ID
It appears that handing over your driver’s licence isn’t enough to prove your name and age to a bouncer at a bar or club anymore.
Bouncers are reportedly asking partygoers to hand over their smartphone logged in to their Facebook account so that the age – and name – can be verified.
Charlotte Neal, 20, said all she had to do was show them her phone with her Facebook account open. The bouncers would compare it to her physical ID, and then let her in.
The bouncers say it helps cut down on partygoers using fake ID.
It’s not like you can easily log in to a fake Facebook account matching that fake ID you snapped up from a shady shop down the street from college.
Neal, however, is a little concerned about her privacy. She told the BBC that she understands why they want to verify a photo ID, but how many forms of identification are required?
Some bar owners and bouncers have spoken out in favour – and against – this practice of digital verification.
One man said it helps avoid letting in minors – and avoiding the accompanying fine if the bar is caught. It’s also good for the safety of the patron, they argue.
Fake Ids are also becoming increasingly popular to nab, so making sure someone’s Facebook profile really matches the card they flash to bouncers sounds like a failsafe backup.
This sounds like the case where potential employers are asking job applicants to divulge Facebook login information, so the candidate’s background can be combed for undesirable traits.
Do you think it’s acceptable for bouncers to ask for a phone with Facebook open?
- Maurice Cacho, MSN Tech & Gadgets
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Posted by: Some Girl | May 4, 2012 6:09:11 PM
The only way kids won't use fake ID is if they have a micro-chip that reveals their real age... until then maybe this is a way to curb the kids from drinking underage at bars.
Posted by: SP | May 4, 2012 8:16:59 PM
Good gig for someone with too many criminal convictions to become a police officer.
Stand at bar while the security cam films people entering their login/PW onto their facebook account while you hold their drivers licence with their name/address/DOB. FB provides their cellphone number and the IP address where they sign in Drivers licence determines if they live in a nice enough area to rob 'etc.'
So, which bar owner is going to assume full liability for this procedure when something goes horribly wrong as it will?
Posted by: Stan | May 7, 2012 1:18:44 AM
Drivers' Licenses today are pretty hard to fake, so that is going too far with Facebook and IPhones. What about people who don't use Facebook or cell phones?
As for Some Girl's remarks about a microchip, that idea is crazy. For years I've researched that phenomenon enough to know that the chips fit every qualification for the Biblical mark of the beast. People would have to be nuts to put something like that in their bodies. Not only would you lose your soul, but the chips are already known to cause cancer.
Posted by: comprar camisetas | May 7, 2012 5:16:47 AM
Creo que fue Stephen Covey que dice que buscar primero para comprender luego tratar de entender.
Echamos de menos el barco con demasiada frecuencia cuando se trabaja con los clientes y tratando de impulsar nuestra comprensión de dónde están y lo que quieren en lugar de tratar de comprender en primer lugar, muestra que luego entender, y luego ayudando a responder a sus preguntas y deseos.
Posted by: abercrombie fitch madrid | May 11, 2012 5:55:37 AM
Ich habe jahrelang recherchiert, dass Phänomen genug um zu wissen, dass die Chips jede Qualifikation fit für die biblische Zeichen des Tieres. Die Menschen müssten Nüsse, so etwas in ihrem Körper gebracht werden. Nicht nur würden Sie verlieren Ihre Seele, aber die Chips sind bereits bekannt, um Krebs zu verursachen.
Posted by: abercrombie fitch madrid | May 11, 2012 5:56:43 AM
Ich habe jahrelang recherchiert, dass Phänomen genug um zu wissen, dass die Chips jede Qualifikation fit für die biblische Zeichen des Tieres. Die Menschen müssten Nüsse, so etwas in ihrem Körper gebracht werden. Nicht nur würden Sie verlieren Ihre Seele, aber die Chips sind bereits bekannt, um Krebs zu verursachen.
Posted by: Khrum Dman | May 11, 2012 10:49:12 PM
Hope i die before this world blow itself.These idea are so stupid what about the ones who dont use facebook are they going to be regarded as criminals?Whats next chip everryone at birth?
All this in the name of safety against terrorists what a joke.This is mostly for big brother to keep an eye on everyone but themselves so they dont have to be accountable for their actions.
and shut anyone who dont agree with them.If it is not in the law of the land then they cannot ask for personnal information others then the legal ones.Sue the crap out of those jerks who just want to abuse their powers.