When you enter your local Walmart, keep an eye out for the visible part of the latest technology the retail chain has been installing near their doors and throughout the store.
Paging: George Orwell. Mr. Orwell, you there?
High-tech facial recognition cameras are installed eye level near the entry-ways of their new store fronts, but it’s the software behind these anonymous plastic half-globes that is raising concerns (see the video on the following page). Understand, that it isn’t about having anything to hide, these cameras set new a precedent for both personal and business use. These cameras are able to cross-reference your image with online social media networks to match a name with the face, they can learn a great deal more and may be able to track lot of data points. How much the system can record and track is unknown, but in the video on the next page you can see that it not only tracks faces, but can categorize objects and motion:
So what? Unless they post that I purchase catfood for the strays, I have nothing to hide. It’s a law that carries $1500 fine in NJ. SMH, abuse an animal and get probation, feed one and get fine!!!!
Start complaining then Christopher McFadden, they’ve been using them long before Walmart. Smdh!
Minority Report.
Walmart is getting out of hand.
TALK ABOUT A VIOLATION OF PRIVACY? WITHOUT ANY WARNING WAL-MART IS TAKING YOUR IDENTIFYING FEATURES AND USING THEM AGAINST YOU?? THANKFULLY, I QUIT SHOPPING AT WAL-MART YEAR’S AGI
Minority Report, anyone.
Intelligent facial recognition. Hmmm… What could a camera capable of recognizing intelligent faces POSSIBLY hope to find at Wal-Mart?
John Harness, some religions involve human sacrifice. Just because folks have the right to follow a religion doesn’t give them the right to break the law in the name of the religion. No, I’m not a racist or a communist.
Facial recognition. If you actually tag your name to your face in a photo, you are giving up your privacy. That will be used against you at some point. I only tag random objects or corners of the picture. I never tag friends faces directly either.
Hit it with a bat everytime you see one..that will do the trick