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:
Woahh, Jeff scared me. I need my safe space with crayons. It really scared me when you said that you will retaliate with VIOLENCE to the highest level, multiplied by a factor of 10. That was super scary. Are you like a ninja? Maybe you’re like that guy I saw wearing the Army uniform with the CIA badge, special forces, seal team and green beret badge. Special kind of scary bad$#%&!@*
Well maybe they will catch some of the terrorist Obummer brought in!!! Or maybe they will catch some of the shoplifters they have all the time. I guess if you are a conspiracy theorist you will read way to far into this. Im not a terrorist or a thief so i say who cares. Its their property they can do as they please.
They’re just regular cameras people. Yes, they’re at eye level to catch face shots. Retail stores have the right to know who’s coming into their stores.
every move you make, every word you say, every breath you take, someone is watching you. about 3 weeks before Christmas 2016 I was at the local Walmart. I was getting a prescription refilled and it was going to take about 20 minutes to be ready. I went looking around in the store for a while. when I was back by the videos and electronics I noticed a man watching me closely. he had Walmart on his shirt but was not the usual garb they wear. he came up to me and ask if he could help, I told him I was just looking while my prescription was being filled. then I said ” where are your blank dvd’s”? he didn’t know and then said,…. “THE BOSS MIGHT WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU WANT THEM”. I SHOULD HAVE JUST SHUT UP BUT I TOLD HIM I WANTED TO RECORD SOME OLD VHS TAPES TO DISC BEFORE THEY FADE AWAY. he then had a regular employee show me where they were. now, I ask, who is the boss and why did he need to know what I needed blank dvd’s for?
Just to be clear, isn’t arresting and prosecuting criminals kind of the job of police and prosecutors?
What if your all bagged up like a Muslim?
Hey Ronnie. ..what is Roflmfao? I only know English
Walk in backwards
But it is the stores job to provide evidence.It is also the stores job not to make it so easy to steal.
Lets just tape or paint over them?