Chapter 2
Naked in the Sunlight
Privacy Lost, Privacy Abandoned
1984 Is Here, and We Like It
Fans attending Taylor Swift’s packed Rose Bowl concert in the spring of 2018 saw her take the stage in a cloud of fog to sing hits from Reputation. As they entered or mingled between sets, some of those fans visited video kiosks to watch clips of the star’s earlier performances and rehearsals, to get a behind-the-scenes glimpse of a favorite artist. What they didn’t know was that the kiosk was watching them, too. The video booth was fitted with a camera that sent its visitors’ images back to a “command post” in Nashville, where facial recognition software scanned them, reportedly looking for matches against a database of people who had stalked Swift ...
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