Posted on 07/20/2017 10:42:32 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Walmart is developing facial recognition technology so it can identify the shoppers who appear irritated or just generally unhappy, according to a Wall Street Journal report published Wednesday.
The corporation reportedly plans on using the biometric data that it collects to ensure that potential customers who are displeased at any given moment are thoroughly and quickly accommodated for....
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Well then, I’ll probably be labeled as an “angry shopper”
Are there Winco stores in southern California? Ive never heard of it.
yes
Bangladesh maybe?
Like you aren't already. 😄
OMGoodness!
thanks for the tip re: jet.com
They have ‘my’ dog food - and cheaper - that I travel special for - and then have to wait until someone visits to get out of my car - too heavy for me.
they have things like grape-seed veganaise and Kerrygold (from Ireland) butter, etc etc that I go to another store for - I have to shop 4-5 stores to get the various items/brands I want.
And then there’s to getting them into my car - and OUT of the car and into the house- which is getting harder and harder - in my 80’s and slowing down, muscle wise;)
‘can even get fresh cherries!
You’re lucky if you can get fresh cherries from them. They don’t deliver fresh or frozen foods in my zip code yet.
I can order most of the things I go to Walmart and Sam’s Club to buy. This will be a big time saver for me.
I travel a lot during the week and this will allow me to do a lot of shopping at night and have it delivered before I get home.
I am thinking I’ll be giving this a try - ESPECIALLY in the winter...
So everyone will learn to look pissed off in order to get better service? And the happy looking ones will degrade over time and be made mad due to a lack of service...
Law of unintended consequences...
Tell me one.
If you have a drivers license you are in that one and they share. You can't go in a government building and most retail chains with out being photographed. Most photographs wind up in the cloud and the are recognized and filed regularly. You can not exist today without being in several database's and they share or get stolen, likely by our own intelligence.
Been cameras in most places for as long as I can remember - what’s the real difference these days?
I'd guess I'm an exception to the rule.
How about you?
Ever ben in the military?
Yeah True hermits would be exempt, however unless you were born at home unattended you are in a data base some where. You have electric, water, trash service, bank account, tax, phone, almost anywhere you interact your data is mined, there is no escaping it, at least not easily.
I stay at home 99% of the time. I have more than enough protection against my neighbors, but don't fool myself into think I could take on a 20 man swat team(civilian or military) like some super heroes think the can.
I'm a minor character passing through and seldom appear on anyone's radar.
My data footprint, I can assure you, is minimal.
The point is your data footprint is much larger than you think. But Could care less whether you believe it or not.
All of us are minimal until we are not. If we happen to be brought to the attention of the government foursome nefarious charge real or not, then all the data you think they don't have will become relevant. You have to be a real irritant for them to come full bore at you. Observer the drip, drip, drip of information about Trump that they should not have access to, but they do. Remember Joe the Plumber?
Have a WalMart credit card? You're being tracked. Pay with coupons? You're being tracked. Walk down the aisles of any WalMart store? You're being tracked.
People really have no idea all the ways they're being tracked these days, it's near impossible NOT to be tracked in some way just going about one's daily business.
And before anyone asks - paying Cash for everything doesn't mean one's not being tracked, it simply means you're being tracked less.
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