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:
For the folks who dont believe they will chip humans….you already voluntarily carry a chip and love it. Your phone.
Janelle Fry
Five point facial recognition system has been in service in Walmart stores for over 10 years and is connected to a government data base. It is connected to all store cameras. I used to install the systems.
Quite the invasion of privacy
Complete BS. However the casinos in Nevada pioneered dvr security and facial recognition. The major banks have been using it for a while.
Walmart on the other hand has recently shifted to a preference for products made in the US, even though the profit margin is less. As a result, they are stepping up their loss prevention. They can’t afford to have product walk out the door anymore. The losses are now exceeding the cost of security.
Just another reason why I avoid Wal-Mart as much as possible.
You can’t reason with idiots John. They are paranoid. The only silver boxes I know of stretch wire across roadways , highways etc. to collect how many vehicles have passed a certain area. These idiots think the government is watching them 24/7.
Actually, if through video surveilance some is caught but they already left the store, the video information is given to the local police. Along a very high quality picture of the thief as he leaves the store. Warrant arrests are being issued in Yuma County, Arizona.
They use rfid chips in the clothes they sell too
Sam’s club has them too. I always throw the one finger salute as I pass them