Surveillance and facial recognition is everywhere, including the stores you shop in

[kestrell]

You may have heard about webcams on public streets, but surveillance and facial recognition is also now used by many of the stores you shop in, and some of these stores also use wi-fi to track where you go in the store and what you buy.

From Macy’s to Ace Hardware, facial recognition is already everywhere
https://www.vox.com/2021/7/15/22577876/macys-ace-hardware-fight-for-the-future-facial-recognition-artificial-intelligence-stores

Comments

[dewline]

Corporate HQ to franchisees: "You're installing this stuff or we're shutting you down. If your insurance providers don't do it to you first."

Welcome to the dystopian we thought was too radical to be afraid of

[jesse_the_k]

...at least a couple years masking means the data has holes.