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:
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What I find Ironic is that people are bothered by walmart taking their picture and then come online where every aspect of their life is revealed in most cases. With your IP address they know who you are, where you live, where you play, how many kids you have, what your interests are, and pretty much anything they want to find out about you is online.
Least of my worries….
Lmao…
GOOD ! Time and time again criminals go uncaught because of poor video from a camera 20 to 50 ft..in the air. You want law and order ? Have you watched a news story were they show “have you seen this person ?” No because i don’t see blurry people. Kidnappings. .murderers. If your camera is not at eye level then its not much good . How dumb to spend so much on a security system that doesn’t do what is intended to do.
That’s great maybe they will catch some criminals!!
I see these at the Springhill Tn Walmart!
Cool! Only criminals will be scared of it for obvious reasons!
Agree Michael Boyd
we like it