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:
I really don’t like it , but it has helped track and find stolen children at times
Technology is a wonderful tool, until it comes back to bite you in the$#%&!@* If someone suddenly decides that they don’t like something you posted or for no discernable reason whatsoever you’re on the watch list, good luck, you’re gonna need it
Pass a federal law banning people hiding their identity in public.
Given murderous cowards who walk among us, we need this tech ALL over the world.
Effective immediately we need to pass a federal law making it a crime to be in public while concealing your IDENTITY.
WE must ban oppressive burqas and cowardly BLM masking.
Invasion of privacy
And they wonder why people are doing more online shopping. Spying on people sucks.
Never use your face on social media profile, or tagged photos
Well there goes the whole Constitution cause I’m supposed to travel freely without being tracked this is an invasion of privacy no more trips to wally world
Bottom line – this trend needs to come to an abrupt halt. By any means necssary.
I loathe WalMart. You ran all the moms and pops out of business and now complain you have to spy for loss prevention. Go to hell.