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Mall of America's [BLOOMINGTON, Minn.] security team will start using facial recognition software as part of safety plan
CBS Minnesota ^
| June 27, 2024 / 9:23 AM EDT CBS Minnesota
| Derek James
Posted on 06/29/2024 12:14:10 AM PDT by GonzoII
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. — Mall of America now has a new way to keep shoppers safe. A new high-tech layer of security has been added after gun-related incidents in recent years.
Signs let you know you're coming face to face with new facial recognition technology.
"Very mixed feelings about this because it could be useful and not so useful sometimes," said Melva Bargiela, a long-time Minnesota resident who is now living in Spain.
Cameras with the ability to map faces have been installed to give shoppers peace of mind while detecting potential threats.
"I think they're watching us all the time, have been for years," said Monday West, a visitor from Southern California.
"Our system is not scanning faces to go find out who you are," said Will Benhjelm, vice president of security at Mall of America...
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: bigbrother; minnesota
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" ..installed to give shoppers peace of mind.. ;0)
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posted on
06/29/2024 12:14:10 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
To: GonzoII
What could the citizens provide in return to give the bureaucrats peace of mind?
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posted on
06/29/2024 12:16:57 AM PDT
by
Gene Eric
(Don't be a statist! )
To: GonzoII
The ultimate outcome will be that a disproportionately (with respect to their representation in the populace) high percentage of apprehended perps will be Black. Software will thus be determined to be ray-cist and have to be cancelled.
Regards,
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posted on
06/29/2024 12:35:17 AM PDT
by
alexander_busek
(Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
To: alexander_busek
Very astute observation, Grasshopper...;0)
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posted on
06/29/2024 12:43:07 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
("If the new crime be, to believe in God, let us all be criminals" -Sheen )
To: GonzoII
"Our system is not scanning faces to go find out who you are," Then what's the point?
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posted on
06/29/2024 12:59:07 AM PDT
by
grobdriver
(The CDC can KMA!)
To: Gene Eric
ok we know who they are so we can arrest them and let them go the same day
To: alexander_busek
Dumbest thing the Mall ever did was to get Minniesoter to extend light rail to the Mall from downtown.
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posted on
06/29/2024 1:44:40 AM PDT
by
Chad C. Mulligan
(Your insults are my rocket fuel. Thank you!)
To: GonzoII; null and void; Red Badger; 444Flyer
[”...installed to give shoppers peace of mind...”]
‘1984’ continues ,,, (not surprised)
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posted on
06/29/2024 1:53:22 AM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: GonzoII
“said Melva Bargiela, a long-time Minnesota resident who is now living in Spain.”
CBS had to go the whole way to Spain to find someone to give an absolutely useless quote?
Maybe there isn’t anyone left in Bloomington that speaks English.
EC
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posted on
06/29/2024 2:12:17 AM PDT
by
Ex-Con777
To: alexander_busek
Yes, Blacks will make up a majority of the perps. Thus, the system, hardware and software are most definitely racist. It will be unemployed within 2 years. Be safe , wear your burka.
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posted on
06/29/2024 3:02:18 AM PDT
by
Ikeon
(You determine your life's value when you break into a home. Day or night )
To: GonzoII
There's a mall in my suburban town...very nice and very “high end” (Gucci,Louis Vuitton,etc)...that recently started posting signs saying that they have gun detector dogs roaming the shopping area.I've even seen one.Unlike many malls ours isn't frequented by punk kids...although there has been one or two “grab and run” thefts (one involving the Gucci store).
To: alexander_busek
Facial recognition targeting.
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posted on
06/29/2024 3:39:33 AM PDT
by
hardspunned
(Former DC GOP globalist stooge)
To: SaveFerris
In our daily lives, we’re supposedly video taped twenty times a day. In Europe, it’s even more. What’s strange in the United States is that people have helped elevate that number due to ring and other outdoor surveillance recordings.
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posted on
06/29/2024 3:41:57 AM PDT
by
napscoordinator
(DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
To: GonzoII
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posted on
06/29/2024 3:46:22 AM PDT
by
Fido969
To: Gay State Conservative
The local mall here has the same. I got “profiled” and a handler walked a dog past me 4 times trying to get a hit. Haven’t been back since, that was 3 years ago.
I miss the Manna Wok fast chinese food, but its in the most “teen” populated part of the mall.
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posted on
06/29/2024 4:14:04 AM PDT
by
BudgieRamone
(Everybody loves a bonk on the head)
To: Ex-Con777
LOL! I like your comment.
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posted on
06/29/2024 4:28:28 AM PDT
by
redfreedom
(Joseph Stalin: "It does not mater how anyone votes, how votes are counted is what matters.")
To: GonzoII
How does “facial recognition” penetrate hoodies and masks?
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posted on
06/29/2024 4:29:12 AM PDT
by
traditional2
(lets go B*and*n)
To: GonzoII
Mall of America‘s facial recognition software is racist in 3, 2, 1…
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posted on
06/29/2024 4:33:57 AM PDT
by
thegagline
(Sic semper tyrannis! Goldwater & Thomas Sowell in 2024)
To: GonzoII
It’s already being used.. they’re probably just announcing it.
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posted on
06/29/2024 4:35:09 AM PDT
by
maddog55
(The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
To: Ex-Con777
More than likely, someone at CBS wanted a vacation in Spain but couldn’t afford to pay for it themselves.
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posted on
06/29/2024 4:35:19 AM PDT
by
USAF1985
(Joe McCarthy is a hero...he was absolutely, 100% correct! (Let’s go Brandon!))
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