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:
These are referred to as “door jams” because of their placement and they are in a lot more places than Wally World. Many retail chains have them. In fact, I just worked on one in a CVS store just last week.
F**k you walmart
You have an option don’t shop there
I’m selling the c**p you spray on your face so it can’t scan.
Idc they gotta catch us first
Just like drugs, guns, cars, chemicals, etc. In the wrong hands…
I guess, if you like big brother to Hold Your Hand
Fricking minority report type$#%&!@*
F**K WALMART!!!
So, for all the situations listed in the video I have to say… Who cares? You have no expectation of privacy in a public place. Walmart doesn’t want people stealing the or products, jumping theory fences, or leaving theirs backpacks lying around that could be a bomb. The only people who have anything to fear here are the criminals.