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:
I have nothing to hide….if it will help catch a killer…who like to hang out at shopping centers, I think it’s a great idea.
Is there anyone out there who would rather be caught on camera going to a porn shop than going to Walmart?
HAVE TO BRING THE HAMMER NEXT VISIT!!
They are every where
You do not speak for me.
Been doing this for years.
Robert Giggie I believe I was speaking for myself buddy. If you feel guilty, then that’s your problem.
Security cameras don’t usually bother me, but this does. Your average system is passive, they have to manually search the data. With these it is the opposite. They are actively comparing each customer against a database.
Do you really want the cops taking down a suspect with uour kids and wife mere feet awsy?
Well their aerial a lot of possibilities! It could be hooked to law enforcement, it could pick up illegals, terrorist !
Rachel Christine