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:
The silver boxes are to read the transmitters in tractor trailers. The rig drives in the lane over the plate, the box takes a reading. The driver doesn’t have to pull over and lose valuable drive time.
Damn sad statement on society’s behavior when stores and our law enforcement has to spy on everybody.
As for plate readers, if your child was abducted wouldn’t you want the police and FBI to be able to hopefully see where the vehicle in connection with your child’s abduction was, when, and hopefully an idea of what direction it might be going?? I know I would! I don’t trust the government as far as I could throw a bulldozer, but tracking technology can be an amazingly helpful thing to people who are not breaking the law, j/s
I wear shades. Haha$#%&!@*walmart
There are cameras just about everywhere you go in public folks. Many newer models have software with face recognition technology. Sadly so many older security cameras already installed are not worth even having because they lack any kind of clear resolution/information able to be used by law enforcement to solve a crime let alone convict someone. In truth if these cameras can help reduce shoplifting and parking lot attacks or even tie into LEO data bases for amber alerts or fugitive at large searches I’m all for it. When in public spaces you already give non-verbal consent to forfeit a position of your privacy.
Donald Dye, very true, they have cameras in the stores to see who steals,
DID YOU KNOW THE GOVERNMENT KNOWS HOW YOU SPEND YOUR MONEY,
Just put “made in USA” as your profile pic on all Social Media. Maybe then we’ll get items made in USA
Is that a finger inside of the lens!?
Don’t like this at all. Definately big brother. We have cameras on street lights, drones, everyone has a phone with camera and video capability. It is creepy. Invasion of privacy and what if this is used against and innocent in a malicious way?