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:
No privacy any more
Beware , coming to a store near YOU! Facial recognition cameras. Could this be F**E NEWS? Never know. I know some of us have been seeing articles about companies using facial recognition to influence store sales and the ordering of products. Or maybe, Wal-Mart has junkie cameras on the overheads, they wanted to have at least a good mug shot of everyone entering there stores. LOL, YouTube viewers already see some of the true Wal-Mart shoppers…..ha ha ha. Check it out if you don’t know what I mean.
I think I’ll get a mask that always frowns, that way they will know they have to do better on price and there quality. Tell me what your ideas are on these new cameras installed. Maybe the Zombie apocalypse is really going to happen and this will keep them out of there stores……
Rain Man says Walmart sucks.
Fb already uses facial recognition
If your local pd hates Walmart for having to prosecute criminals they are lazy. These cameras have everything to do with thieves.
License plate capture at most Walmart locations.
This is because many retail store do internal information flyers with the suspects picture and distribute it to other stores. This is common with many large retailers, not some conspiracy.
Good
Im doing an experiment to see how important these are to walmart. Everytime I go in Im wearing a hat and I wrap my shemagh around the lower half of my head and face until I get past the checkout lanes. I was curious to see if someone would approach me. Apparently no one at walmart really cares. Ive done it at least 30 times over the last 2 years.
Jeanine Shockley read this. I hate Walmart even more.