[–] 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.
[–] sergeantslate 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Hell facebook already builds a facial profile for you, I wouldn't be surprised if these companies buy that data and identify you before you set foot in a store.
Really the only thing you can do is boycott the stores if you don't like it (or get one of those crazy hairstyle makeup face scamblers). They are going to have to be careful because trust in American companies for privacy is not really there, and with a big enough reaction it will be abandoned.
[–] LongestUsernameEver1 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Where were you for the past 20 years when credit card companies were analyzing everything about?
Bet VISA already knows more about you than anyone except maybe google.
[–] klongtoey 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
infrared head torches - https://whereismydata.wordpress.com/2008/07/27/ir-used-to-defeat-cctv/
[–] 9-11 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
theres a few good videos on this, essentially to break the detection software you must shield the bridge of the nose and brow areas as much as possible, without looking like a freak with one of those on. they found a large 'blue blocker', old floridian style sunglasses brand that hid enough to break it, they look like science googles almost.
[–] LostnTired 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Good thing I rarely go to 'brick and mortars' any more.
[–] Koah 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
You could see this as "Retailers want to store items in a less secure fashion, because secure shelving no longer gets customers." People hating all the ink bombs and security alarms.
So you can look at all the game cases you want, without any of them being behind a wall of glass; only catch is that the store owners have your face.