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:
It would need Nice to see legislation stopping this privacy invasion.
You just can’t indiscretely pick your nose (or anything else) anywhere now
It’s not for them being robbed it’s go to NSA then they can do what they want it just a way to track ur every move sorry gess time to stop shopping at Walmart
Gess you don’t know Walmart is with government an Walmart stores can an will be used if there ever is marshal law
So far my Pennsylvania state politicians have been fighting to keep our faces out of this national database. Hope they keep refusing the Feds
Fingers up is more like it.
So when I walk into a Walmart it’s going to say crazy mofo
I’m thinking of a book 1984 and a movie terminator
A lot of this is BS. Facial recognition isn’t as easy as they make it sound….. most of this article covers motion sensing which is WAY different.
Don’t pick your nose in Walmart . Camera going to send intell person picking boogers and wilk be on your FBI files as a booger picker and possible booger eater ….lol