Retail Stores Are Packed With Unchecked Facial Recognition, Civil Rights Organizations Say
Jul 14, 2021
More than 35 organizations are demanding top U.S. retailers cease using facial recognition to identify shoppers and employees in their stores, which companies have used to deter theft and identify shoplifters. The campaign is aptly named Ban Facial Recognition in Stores, and has identified stores that have committed to not using facial recognition, like Walmart, Home Depot, and Target. It is now pressuring companies currently using the technology, or those who might use it in the future. Some companies that are currently using the technology, according to the website, include Apple, Lowe’s, Albertsons, Macy’s, and Ace Hardware. Read more at The Verge.
Sigh….
Any operation that aggrandizes the stock market, the shareholders, and the management of said operation while taking the working capital out of the regional economy is highly destructive to virtually every aspect of American life. And we Americans just flock to the flame, deliberately obtuse.
So if we stop shopping at such places, this technology has no vehicle through which to gather more info about us.
“Shop Local” is more about regional economies than it is the saving of individual independent businesses. Only by achieving a critical mass of people that reject national will this trendline continue to move away from our best interests. We’d all better recognize the challenge and act as one to push back hard.