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:
This Tech has been installed in a lot of places besides Walmart. My goodness man you are about a decade behind.
I’m ok with them tracking to see what kind of toothbrush I’m gonna buy. I’d be very upset if they track to see if I use it properly when I get home.
I believe a store or commercial enterprise has the right to deny service for any reason. Have you not seen signs that say “no shoes, or shirt, no service”?
Walmart has had them in our stores for years
time to alter your appearance I suppose.
I personally think its an invasion of privacy.
Start wearing masks.
This is assumption of guilt without evidence. So much for due fucking process. Have you cocksuckers ever heard of the Constitution?
Always carry a can of sorry paint as you enter the store and spray liberally
Well You are an idiot… It’s George Orwell’s 1984 Big Brother…..