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:
Hey, we had a Video Camera behind us where I used to work. It was just a f**e, not hooked up to anything!!
Don’t go to Walmart anymore. Not worth it.
NOT
But all hijabs and burkas look alike…
These have been there for years…how dumb. What’s the big deal. It’s a camera
I worked in loss prevention for 15 years. I installed those. Nothing special. Don’t be so gulable
Here’s the ones at our walmart
wouldn’t it be on the inside instead of the outside?
Only way to catch shop lifters; publishing the pics in local newspapers to help police enforcement.
Not necessarily. I installed cameras for over 5 years.