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:
Brandon Pain-o Your on private property, it is not an invasion of privacy. So should they remove every single camera from inside the store and parking lot? As to not invade your privacy.
Hmmmm!!
Quit shopping at walfart!
Just read AP-09 on Google
I’m not a wanted criminal……..YET!
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THEY ALREADY ADMITTED THEY GIVE EVERYTHING THEY TAPE TO THE GOVERNMENT WHEN THEY GOT CAUGHT PUTTING RFIDS IN THEIR CLOTHING
Most people will be ok ..they cant even walk into stores without staring at their phones
Perry Amo Public business – open to the public – A public place. It may be on private property, but when you open it up to the public you loose some of the private rights. Just like the sign above the door says – These doors to remain open and unlocked during business hours –
I don’t shop at Walmart. Maybe once A year.