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:
blah they will ignore the terrorists
i suggest some spray paint on aisle 5, spray it on your way out…..from the side
i wonder if i moon it is my butt in the data base….
So waht
Tax breaks good job WallMart
My knowledge of the place is from 20 years ago. Used to be they kept anybody below a department manager to 32 hours a week so they didn’t have to pay any benefits. Glad they have changed that process but things have changed for the worse since Sam Walton died. Times they do a change.
Where is our privacy going?
It’s about time!!!! When surveillance cameras are posted up high criminals are unrecognizable, especially if they are wearing hats. Now if they would just start checking IDs when people buy high priced items or a lot of gift cards with stolen or counterfeit credit cards. I think new store policy would go into effect real quick if the cost wasn’t absorbed by the banks (is actually). It’s a start, good job Walmart.
Your phone
I wish I had one for my house