New York Comic Con Tweets From Attendees' Accounts Without Permission

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By Chelsea Stark2013-10-11 04:08:01 UTC

Fans, celebrities and press attending New York Comic Con on Thursday sent out laudatory tweets expressing excitement to be at the annual convention — or at least it looked like they did, as the tweets were published entirely without their permission.

The tweets were tied to attendees' NYCC badges. This year, conference organizers Reedpop allowed people to pre-register their badges online. The badges had radio-frequency identification (RFID) chips that were tied to a user's identity in order to curb counterfeits. (RFID chips use radio frequencies to transfer information between the chip and a receiver.)

Attendees were then invited to connect their social-media accounts to their badge, although it wasn't explicitly stated that NYCC could post to Facebook or Twitter on their behalf.

As people checked in to the convention on Thursday, many tweets that were published looked authentic (and written in conversational language), yet were not posted by the attendees. Here's a selection, below:

The bit.ly links redirected to New York Comic Con's Facebook page, and the tweets were all tagged with #NYCC.

NYCC did not immediately respond to a request for comment. We'll update this story as it develops.

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Topics: Entertainment, Film, Gaming, new york comic con, nycc, Social Media, Television, Twitter