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:
Chicken Little is wound up now, you’re supposed to wear the tinfoil not chew on it.
Window lickers see the man in every shadow, around every corner.
And I have had such an urge to just$#%&!@*with them
Matt DeWees need a good laugh?
Yeah I have seen this. It’s pretty humorous
Hallelujah!!!!! I have been telling our local Walmart to add these for years. All of the video we get is of the tops of the suspects head.
Great, brain scanners…
They currently have a contract with Verizon to put cell service in Walmart. That’s what I do I work on cell towers. The radio and antennas are usually higher up than the top of Walmart. one outside two inside antennas, one radio. ( Old School Technology) So why is Walmart having 2g service installed to improve customer service. Basically so they can price check faster. Which there is a 50% chance of it improving. Way too much money involved for that being the benefit. So you gotta ask yourself, what is this system really used for. Pretty soon they will be able to log into any Walmart and watch us, like we are a damn science project.
No store and/or company is responsible for the integrity of individuals… having merchandise for sale on a counter isn’t “making it easy” – it’s actually what a store is suppose to do!!
About time
The Machine!