[–] 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.
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.
[–] UnicornParty ago
I always think of the mark of the beast when these type of articles come up. Unfortunately, I don't think we will be asked to opt-in first.
[–] radium_coyote ago (edited ago)
This is a reality we're going to have to adjust to as a society: if people can see your face, it's getting scanned. And not just by retailers: anybody wearing smartglasses, or anyone with a phone camera is going to scan your face and dox you. In seconds they'll know where you live, everything you posted on any social media site ever, any notable shopping preferences, whether your purchasing patterns indicate any medical conditions... all of it.
It's not a question of allowing it, that's already sort of happening and will continue to accelerate. Focusing on retailers or law enforcement loses the bigger picture. You will do this, and it will seem normal.
To advance the conversation, we need to think about the implications of living in a society of transparent walls.
[–] 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.