Walmart has been installing facial recognition cameras at eye level in the entrances of their new store fronts for some time now. These cameras not only have the ability to cross reference you with social media networks to put a name with the face, but utilzes software that has the ability to ascertain a great many things about the environment. How much exactly 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.
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If it’s a Great Value brand eye scanner, I feel sorry for all the customers or employees that have to use it
I haven’t been in a Wal Mart in over 2 years – dirty, sleazy people & not safe
My walmart is most likely pissed at me.Ive saw them outside the store.My one fingered salute is probably recorded
Grant, I suspect the idea here is to link facial recognition to a database of “frequent returners”, those who have been caught shoplifting and injury lawsuit plaintiffs. This is to help lower the cost of “shrinkage”.
Ummmm….folks this stuff is old news. They have had the capability to use facial recognition since the mid 2000’s. Im not sure what these door mounted camera housings are for but I can tell you that all Walmart camera systems are digital and are linked to the home office data center. If you are really concerned with facial recognition you might want to ponder how Facebook seems to know the names of the people that are in your photographs? How does it come up with the proposed name to tag them? They purchased a Israli software company to accomplish this, thats how. They are probably watching you type your response right now. LOL
Looks like HAL if anybody knows what I mean.
2001?
Walmart posts signs that say they have cameras in use. It doesn’t bother me. In fact, it makes me feel safer. Other companies also have cameras and of course, the eye in the ceiling keeping an eye on possible shoplifters.
whats the big deal about it sis they got camaras at traffic lights and it can’t tell whos driving, they post pictures on tv on robbers at banks and stores or kidnappers asking for help and some of those are the lastest on technology and it won’t tell them who you are if it did prices at stores wouldn’t be so high because theft is what causes the prices to go up so much.
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