{"id":76419,"date":"2021-08-16T09:48:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T13:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=76419"},"modified":"2021-08-16T10:01:40","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T14:01:40","slug":"many-americans-arent-aware-theyre-being-tracked-with-facial-recognition-while-shopping-spadafora","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2021\/08\/16\/many-americans-arent-aware-theyre-being-tracked-with-facial-recognition-while-shopping-spadafora\/","title":{"rendered":"Many Americans aren&#8217;t aware they&#8217;re being tracked with facial recognition while shopping [Spadafora]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a class=\"inline_disabled external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/news\/many-americans-arent-aware-theyre-being-tracked-with-facial-recognition-while-shopping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Many Americans aren&#8217;t aware they&#8217;re being tracked with facial recognition while shopping <\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>&#8212; from techradar.com by Anthony Spadafora<br \/>\n<em>You&#8217;re not just on camera, you&#8217;re also being tracked<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Despite consumer opposition to\u00a0facial recognition, the technology is currently being used in retail stores throughout the US according to new research from Piplsay.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">While San Francisco\u00a0banned the police\u00a0from using facial recognition back in 2019 and the EU\u00a0called for a five year ban\u00a0on the technology last year, several major retailers in the US including Lowe&#8217;s, Albertsons and Macy&#8217;s have been using it for both fraud and theft detection.<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">I&#8217;m not sure how prevalent this practice is&#8230;and that&#8217;s precisely the point. We don&#8217;t know what all of those cameras are actually doing in our stores, gas stations, supermarkets, etc. I put this in the categories of policy, law schools, legal, government, and others as the legislative and legal realm need to scramble to catch up to this Wild Wild West.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Along these lines, I was watching a portion of <em>60 minutes<\/em> last night where they were doing a piece on autonomous trucks (reportedly to hit the roads without a person sometime later this year). When asked about oversight, there was some&#8230;but not much.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Readers of this blog will know that I have often wondered&#8230;&#8221;How does society weigh in on these things?&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Along these same lines, also see:<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/nypd-secret-fund-surveillance-tools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The NYPD Had a Secret Fund for Surveillance Tools<\/strong><\/a> &#8212; from wired.com by Sidney Fussell<br \/>\n<em>Documents reveal that police bought facial-recognition software, vans equipped with x-ray machines, and \u201cstingray\u201d cell site simulators\u2014with no public oversight.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Americans aren&#8217;t aware they&#8217;re being tracked with facial recognition while shopping \u00a0&#8212; from techradar.com by Anthony Spadafora You&#8217;re not just on camera, you&#8217;re also being tracked Excerpt: Despite consumer opposition to\u00a0facial recognition, the technology is currently being used in retail stores throughout the US according to new research from Piplsay. 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