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 find this a nice safety feature. Hope they are sharing information with government agencies, who no doubt have been using the software for sometime.
So Walmart is a spy store, so now we are now going to be watch by Walmart. ?
Not new…if you enter a casino it’s a common practice, in fact if you ever wonder why there are “pinch points” in any event or place you go, it’s likely there is facial recognition being used.
Since I have a picture of a plant on my profile let me see them match that up. As if I even go to that store!
I have blue tooth in my vehicle, so the government keeps GPS track of me as well.
Better get my Bozo / clowns mask cleaned up. 🙂
I got finished a year and half at a wal,, the store i was at did this up grade. It is bio. Cam.it is from past and new people that shop lift. If they come back, the pic will search the system and alert security.
Every new car has a LoJack system, every cell phone laptop tablet etc whether you have the location on or not can be tracked
Too easy for abuse. Prove to me it’s for social good and theif prevention. I can all ways shop elsewhere. Watch South Park about the evils of Walmart. Funny but true.
Well it’s not so much a violation of privacy. When you’re in public there’s no such thing as privacy anymore. A person can stand there or anywhere public is allowed and take pics/video and nothing anyone can do.