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:
Nice try skynet.
As long as they don’t tell my family and friends that I shop there I’m OK with it
Big brother is watching… for all of you who claim “i dont care… as long as your not doing anything wrong.. I have news for you.. this is only the beginning … they already track you driving (silver boxes along freeways)..
Like you’re not trackable on your phone…
they retain the right to use cameras just like they retain the right to refuse service to anyone. any private business does.
Good for them. It’ll help stop theft and lower prices
This being on Facebook, which uses facial recognition also in all your photos, is ironic! Great way to track us!
Anyone as long as they are not in a protected class
Our local police department in Springfield Missouri absolutely hates Walmart… They won’t Pay someone to watch the cameras for shoplifters but they tie up the police and the courts wanting everyone prosecuted. This has nothing to do with shoplifting and security. They want to get into your social media to see your habits so they can sell your information and market to you better.
Black spray paint, just saying. They will get broke, criminals aren’t all dumb. Just the one that get caught.