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MissConstrue

I would just like to say that these signs in the DFW airport bathrooms are peak social engineering, and I do hope Dan Patrick enjoys all the phone calls from people upset about the government photographing their hairy bits.

#egv #texas #fightback #transrightsarehumanrights #socialengineering #trollingtheGOP

Signs which have been adhered to bathroom stall interiors at the Dallas Fort Worth airport. 

SECURITY NOTICE Electronic Genital Verification (EGV) Your genitalia may be photographed electronically during your use of this facility as part of the Electronic Genital Verification (EGV) pilot program at the direction of the Office of the Lieutenant Governor. In the future, EGV will help keep Texans safe while protecting your privacy by screening for potentially improper restroom access using machine vision and Artificial Intelligence (Al) in lieu of traditional genital inspections. At this time, images collected will be used solely for model training purposes and will not be used for law enforcement or shared with other entities except as pursuant to a subpoena, court order or as otherwise compelled by legal process. Your participation in this program is voluntary. You have the right to request removal of your data by calling the EGV program office at (512) 463-0001 during normal operating hours (Mon-Fri 8AM-5PM). STE OP CRATMENT OA Pusi DFW DALLAS FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
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MissConstrue

@anguinea Do the signs exist? Yes. The image they show is the flush sensor on the toilets at dfw. They have an automatic sensor that flushes the toilet when someone stands or moves.
Is this going to have people panic calling the Lt Govs office? Oh dear gods, I hope so. 🤣🤣.

anguinea

@MissConstrue
They look real enough that I would be waiting until I got on the plane to go!

Mike

@anguinea @MissConstrue

The irony of holding on until you can use the airplane toilet....

MissConstrue

@anguinea Right? The fonts are perfect, the layout....everything is just perfection. Including the superglue. 🤣

Nazani

@MissConstrue @anguinea
The cute part is that post-surgery trans folk could quietly smile & walk on in.

Scott D. Strader 😐

@anguinea @MissConstrue Probably not. From the Dallas Observer:

"An image of the alleged genital camera appears to be nothing more than a standard toilet motion sensor. The prank is likely in response to Patrick’s push for legislative restrictions on transgender bathroom usage."

dallasobserver.com/news/electr

MissConstrue

@Maristya Do the signs exist? Yes. The image they show is the flush sensor on the toilets at dfw. They have an automatic sensor that flushes the toilet when someone stands or moves. 
Is this going to have people panic calling the Lt Govs office? Oh dear gods, I hope so. 🤣🤣.

MurmeltHier

@MissConstrue

hell this is creepy and gruel if you don't get it. But if you get what this is... its genius xD

charly

@MurmeltHier

apparently I don't get it, as it's stated in the comments the signs are real.
Is the text altered?

[edit]
answered: the signs are real, but it's an activists action in protest of the trans hostility.

@MissConstrue

Jay

@oxytocinated @MurmeltHier @MissConstrue The sign itself is real (apparently), but it's lying. The device isn't really a camera. It's a smart move by an activist to mess with the idiot transphobic laws

jack

@oxytocinated @MurmeltHier @MissConstrue the signs are real - the text on the signs is fiction. there are not genital-scanning cameras

charly

@jackeric

yes, thank you. :)
Someone had answered that earlier already.
I'll edit my post in case others don't the the answers.

@MurmeltHier @MissConstrue

CharLES ☭ H

@gsuberland @MissConstrue oh thank g-d. I honestly thought these were real.

random thoughts

@12thRITS @MissConstrue

For now, but somebody has given them the idea so who knows for tomorrow.

fedithom

@MissConstrue

Since they currently use the images as training data ... Does that mean that the more people with penises go to the female-labeled restrooms and vice versa, the crappier their system works? Sounds like a good reason to do just that, doesn't it?

Néstor 🇵🇸

@fedithom I was wondering about what “improper use of the restroom meant”...

It seems transphobic shit if it is all about matching genitalia with the picture in the restroom doors.

Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷

@fedithom Yeah, but women's amenities don't have urinals, m8. I think Lt Gov Patrick is just a pervert.

fedithom

@Tooden no debate there. Which doesn't rule out anti-trans shit. Jus' say'n ;)

Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷

@fedithom No, it doesn't☹ Texarse government is up itself. Repression rules, and cruelty is the point.

Dan G. Me

@MissConstrue I was freaking out for a few minutes. well done, creators of those signs!!

poulpomancien

@Khrys c'est un troll pour faire sonner le téléphone du gouverneur @MissConstrue

YannCPhoto :bzh:

@MissConstrue After potty training, AI training.
Same sh*t ?

Canvases By Peter

@j_bertolotti Well considering I was the first to post the official snopes article when no one else thought to actually research it, _you are welcome_ 👍

Karl Auerbach

@MissConstrue Will this be coming soon to the Dallas/Fort Worth municipal Only Fans channel?

field94Mop

@joseluzafra @MissConstrue I always believe what I'm told. Though I'm not sure what to believe now.

Andrew

@MissConstrue hopefully makes some folks rethink their stance on bathroom bills

Giles Moss

@MissConstrue Good trolling, but the fact this is entirely believable is.. sigh.

Felix 🇨🇦 🇩🇪 🇺🇦

@MissConstrue the fact that I can't tell if this is a joke or not says a lot about the current state of the US. anything goes.

Vincent Cantin

@MissConstrue How to people actually say which photo is from their .. do they have to look at all of them and then say "not this one, not this one ... oh, this one is mine!"

Zyggy 💢

@MissConstrue Is this some sort of joke I'm not understanding because I'm not american? Or it's just how crazy the US is getting?

Pxl Phile

@MissConstrue when reality becomes so weird no one can distinguish it from fake 😬

Brie Mmm
Mmm, prime. Operation Mindfuck.
Ned Hairston :hehim:

@MissConstrue "traditional genital inspections" ...
This is why I don't celebrate holidays. I just can't get into these weird holiday "traditions." Evangelicals are just weird.

Jesteresse

@MissConstrue Öhm, mein Satire-Detektor geht an. Aber ich bin mir 2025 oft nicht mehr sicher, ob das dann nicht doch Realität ist. Hilfe!

Donald Roy

@MissConstrue

Will 47 submit himself to this in order to establish the veracity or otherwise of claims made by #stormydaniels ? Perhaps he should be invited to do so!

HarriettMB

@djr2024 @MissConstrue It’s perfect trolling of the TERF brigade and their supporters in government office. Not real [yet] - but imagine all the emails, phone calls etc any district official would get from people wanting their very personal images removed, regardless of their gender or sex. Not a real device.

rekka no barbie

@MissConstrue what bothers me is the thought that people might direct their anger about this at trans people...

Wim Turnhout 🇺🇦 🍉 🇵🇸

@MissConstrue Destroy, tape, mask do everything to stop this madness. Piss in the washbasin, this must stop.

Sietske Boer-van Vugt

@TuutW @MissConstrue the sign is real, but the image is from the automatic flusher. Some people put it up to troll, but the fact that it sounds plausible says enough about the state the US is in 🫣

Laurent Bercot

@MissConstrue This is a joke... for now. Calling it now, in a couple years this will be normalized in red states.

TraceyThekla 🎨 Rolandelli

@MissConstrue I gotta know what the phone number connects to 🤣

Dror Bedrack

@MissConstrue they'd be really upset, if they could read

Aki Moranaga

@MissConstrue At least the last sentence gives nothing away by reading: "You have the right to request removal of your genitals by calling ..." 😈

Ben - Autistic, Not Nazi 🤨

@MissConstrue The fuck is this?!? I’d make sure I pissed all over that camera! 😡

freediverx

@MissConstrue
The fact that this seems 100% plausible and credible speaks volumes about the state of America in general and Republican-controlled states in particular.

Noah Jin

@MissConstrue that’s porn and that should be illegal…. If I saw a sign like that, I rather shit my pants than allow the government to see my genitals.

Noah Jin

@MissConstrue after seeing that, I never wanna listen to our government go on anti-porn and anti-trans bathroom rants ever again.

Noah Jin

@MissConstrue I don’t believe they will remove your data either

Tor Lillqvist

@MissConstrue Apparently your hint that this sign indeed has been put there for trolling (or "social engineering") purposes was not obvious enough, and some people in the comments either believe it is real (which is sad, but not surprising), or feel the need to point out explicitly that it is not real.

That said, I wouldn't be surprised if there would be "AI" genital scanning in toilets in some states of the US soon, for "safety". I am sure some startup is already working on that!

Tofu :blobcatace:​

@MissConstrue US has gone so off the rails that it reached the post-ironic inflection point where it's hard to tell what's a joke and what isn't.

Michaela W.

@MissConstrue After yesterday's list of #bannedwords it seemed plausible, but it is a prank and not yet real. @stefanmuelller

Ret

@MissConstrue "it's okay sir, there's just one person viewing the images in a discreet location"

The Toilet Safety Administration guy from South Park
Uriel Fanelli

@MissConstrue@mefi.social this is not needed at all. Any biometric system can detect if a person is male or female, just using proportions between body parts.

In front of a machine doing Biometry, there is exactly zero chance of "passing".

Andrew

@MissConstrue I'm disappointed it didn't end with "you may be requested to provide a photo of your genitals to allow us to match them with any photos that we hold."

Brie Mmm
No, I think it should be „please provide …”, it will streamline processing.
MissConstrue

@puck there’s only so much room on the sign. 🤣

Bruce Heerssen

@kennethb @MissConstrue
It's protest vandalism. The sign is real, but everything on it is a lie. Someone posted it as a protest against anti-trans legislation and regulations.

Andrew

@MissConstrue it can tell Antifa by the length. Less than 3 is a Republican, more than 4 Antifa 😂🤣😂

field94Mop

@MissConstrue welcome to the US. The county where everything is possible.

Christian Lauf

@MissConstrue Please, spent 1 minute to not share fake news!

mysanantonio.com/news/local/ar

"The Dallas Fort Worth International Airport says that a security notice for "Electronic Genital Verification" that has gone viral on social media is not real or an authorized notice. The notice, allegedly posted in bathrooms at the busy airport, says that genitalia "may be photographed electronically" to screen for "improper restroom access." "

Mycotropic

@kharkerlake @MissConstrue

Please take one minute to enjoy an awesome inspiring troll.

MissConstrue

@kharkerlake what part of social engineering did you not understand?

Petra van Cronenburg

@MissConstrue In France, we had an exhibition on surveillance in a museum of modern art. They had fake cameras in the toilets with similar warnings. People were shocked because this is against all laws. They protested in masses.

I really hope that this is a similarly intelligent protest action.

The Witch of Crow Briar

@gentlyepigrams @MissConstrue Well done, that’s *really* going to screw up their models! 🤣

Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE

@MissConstrue That's satire, surely? No such thing can actually exist in real life?

sheislaurence

@MissConstrue I really think that for #artivists that would actually use these kind of signs in situ, they'd know better to put some indication about why this is not real, usually something like a campaigning or petition reference etc... I think this will be more and more important as the #posttruth era is reaching peak hysteria and everything coming out of Trump & co's mouth is utterly deranged and yet, true. We simply need more explicit guidance.

Pepperbike

@MissConstrue So some of the photographs will be of children. How is this not child pornography?

Icono Clast

@MissConstrue
Even though it's attributed to Texas, I wouldn't believe it even were it attributed to Florida. Cleaver, though.

Globob

@MissConstrue I can think of all kinds of clever ways to gum up this machine learning algorithm. Let’s get creative.

The Dude™

@MissConstrue Genital inspection machines? Is this real? WTAF

AdelePaige

@MissConstrue It's probably trolling/fake but if it ever did happens then I guess I'm adding duct tape to my purse contents.

Quarky

@MissConstrue Perverts. Who is sick enough to even dream this up. Desperate need for mental help for these perverts.

masukomi

@MissConstrue Holy shit.

Holy SHIT.

That's AMAZING.

That is the most Amazing thing I've seen this year and I LOVE IT!

Glenn

@MissConstrue At first glance this is obviously trolling. But it *is *Texas we are talking about here. Are we sure it isn't trolling?

I'm visiting NC this week, and they are creating a new state agency to do just this very thing. It is my understanding that GOP candidate for governor, Mark Robinson, is expected to run the organization responsible its operation. I heard a comment from him (second hand) that the operation will be self-funding. "All those pictures will just pay for themselves!".

h4sh

@MissConstrue Wait... how are they going to identify whose "data" to remove even if someone calls to opt out? Do you need to send a genital pic to get your genital pic removed, therefore associating your genitals in the data removal request...?

enoch_exe_inc

@MissConstrue I just made a post/micro-fiction about the ‘cultural compliance cameras’ on the planet of Tylansia in the Orion’s Arm Universe Project (orionsarm.com/eg-article/49140). In a stunning example of life imitating art, the cameras that watch you in the bathrooms to ensure you’re using the facilities in compliance with the local culture on this dystopian planet are now somehow being introduced in real life.

Jean-Francois Mezei

@MissConstrue a friend confirmed those toilet camera signs at DFW exist but as protest intended to alarm and encourage people to call Dan Patrick, The Texas Lieutenant Governor.

Anarchic Teapot ⚧️

@MissConstrue And yet the Terfs got all shirty when I called them the Panty Police a couple of years ago.

Also, WTAF are "traditional genital inspections"? The only one that occurs systematically is done at birth.

I am Tully's strength of will

@MissConstrue the amount of effort that went into making these look legit is impressive

(clusterfuck era)

@MissConstrue let me buy one of those stand-to-pee tools...have fun taking pics of plastic haha

ℒӱḏɩę :blahaj:

@MissConstrue This is a good fake but y'all know it's not hard to put black electrical tape over sensors..........

Adriano

@Lydie @MissConstrue sitting on the toilet to pee is even easier and doesn't carry a possible fine of up to $8,500 for tampering with the camera.

samiamsam

@MissConstrue

FREEDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SMALL GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PRIVACY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

tortie is tired

@MissConstrue oh goodness, don’t give them any ideas…. First fiction, then the worst possible timeline…

Cass M 🇨🇦 :failtusk: :CApride:

@MissConstrue is this for real? It should be opt in because you know there'll be some government perv sharing their opinion of users not being porn ready.

One thing about social media bathroom angst is I notice local public facilities. Places either include a family/handicapped larger space toilet and sink along side gendered multi-stall facilities or single rooms marked with both.

Ari does not comply

@MissConstrue This is some top notch trolling! Kudos to whomever put these up. Honestly wouldn't put it past Texas to actually do this? But this is hilarious at this point.

Callisto

@MissConstrue That's effing brilliant and I need to get some made with the seals of my own state to put in public buildings everywhere

nanowiz

@MissConstrue

but I love the addition of the extra large dildo toilet roll holders!
Nice touch

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