[–] BunyipMoan 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Hoodies and burqas when going through these stores. And someone will come up with a little device you wear around your neck that shoots light beams up around your face so people can see you just fine, but cameras have difficulty. It happened with car number plate technology, it will happen with face technology.
they already do and have been for a while. ever notice how when a man hunt in underway they always find the 1/2 second video of him walking into a walmart 5 states away 3 weeks later and catch them? walmart and others keep a database of all camaras in all stores for years. feds just get access and plug their facial recognition program on it and let it crunch. they even randomly catch people at large sporting events this way.
[–] crashdrillit 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
not sure if this is a particularly scary thing; realistically your face can generally be recognised by security staff already this is just an example of automation taking over/sharing the strain to my point of view
I can't remember if it was in a seminar or on a news article but I have definitely seen the same thing being done using techniques other than facial recognition such as gait analysis http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528835.600-cameras-know-you-by-your-walk.html#.VYFpaPlVhBc
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[–] LostnTired 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Good thing I rarely go to 'brick and mortars' any more.
[–] randommook ago
Honestly I don't see how this wouldn't go in favor of the retailers.
Retailers don't need your permission to put up cameras in their stores. They don't need your permission to look at the footage from those cameras and therefore they don't need your permission to run the camera footage through a facial recognition program. The footage from the cameras belongs to the company and thus the company does not need permission from anyone to look at that footage even if they are using a program to look at the footage.
[–] anonomale 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I'm curious if we'll ever see legislation or maybe a court ruling that determines doing these kind of sophisticated 'investigations' on people to be a legal violation of their right to privacy. Obviously not in the near future, just the dreamland where we double down on privacy rights. Seems like there may be some logical legal stance that puts this and dragnet surveillance in the same domain. Not a lawyer, they just smell like there's a key component shared between them could be targeted legally.