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I'd rather have photos on the badges. I think that would deter scalpers or passing badges around? I think that would be cheaper and easier than having scanners?
Fingerprinting. DNA sample.
Man, while having a picture could be pretty cool to have on the badge, people already @#$%& about all the hoops they have to jump through just to get this badge. Imagine the bellyaching if they made this a requirement too.
Has anyone caught this in the CCI terms and conditions for badge purchasing? Maybe they're already thinking about it.."SDCC may perform any of the following validation of badges on entry to any area of the convention. These measures are an effort to prevent illegal badge duplication and unauthorized reselling. SDCC may scan the bar code, require a photo ID that matches the name on the badge, scan RFID embedded in the badge, and examine the badge with other technological and/or physical methods to verify authenticity of the badge and holder."Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
FTR, the new wristbands at Disneyworld are RIFD, and they charge $15 for them if you are not staying at one oftheir onsite hotels. I'm guessing that covers the manufacturing cost.
I would mind it less at CCI than at NYCC, I think, if only b/c CCI is non-profit, and they've always seemed to act in good faith. I think being tracked with RFID chips is a lot of data to hand over, and not something I'd necessarily trust to a for-profit company (i.e. ReedPop which puts on NYCC). Didn't NYCC get in trouble a couple years ago because they asked attendees to link their twitter accounts to their badges and then auto-tweeted endorsements for NYCC from the attendees accounts? I would be screaming mad if that happened.