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People in San Francisco Are Mad That a New App Lets You Spy on Bars to See How Busy They Are | Not everybody is thrilled that app users will be able to see their drunkest moments.
Not everybody is thrilled that app users will be able to see their drunkest moments.
A weird new app lets San Francisco residents monitor local bars via live video feed to see what’s happening there and to check how busy the venues are. In fact, some local bar patrons have predictably been a bit perturbed (creeped out, even) by an app that remotely monitors them and streams their drunken revelry to an unknown amount of strangers on the internet. Lucas Harris, the co-founder of 2Nite, has said that businesses that partner with the app are in control of the cameras and that the feeds are mainly meant to “offer a glimpse of live shows at bars, clubs, and other event venues,” the Standard writes.
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