Major Australian retailers secretly using facial recognition tech.

I wrote recently about retailers asking for identification and car registration and address details for click and collect.

Now this really takes the cake, this is nuts on so many levels, the data mining and knowing what you look like your address.

FFS what givers the bastards the right to capture your image.

They think by having a crap sign like”CCTV in operation” exempts them from their invasion into your life.



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In the US, target has been tracking your purchases at the checkout by Bluetooth and comparing them to your long you spent in each area of the store.
They were doing that 15 years ago.

a reply to: lordcomac

I had heard about that, though private retailers answerable to shareholders, gathering data on purchases, habits.

Clearly this is for the purpose of data selling for marketing, and to build consumer profiles.

a reply to: robsmith

Wear a mask then! bamboozles face recognition and makes you look like your a part of the compliant masses. win win.

a reply to: Badams

I do even though it’s not mandatory here now. I might try a full face balaclava when I next visit.

a reply to: robsmith

Where I work several high tech scanning devices were installed recently. Nobody knows their purpose and nobody has seen any image from the devices. We don't even now who's watching. It's a whole other animal from regular security cameras and completely separate from that branch of the in house work force who are also in the dark. I'm thinking it's wildly invasive, whatever it is.

a reply to: ConcernedCanadian
Any idea on what types of scans the devices are for?

Everyday we are having our personal data gathered as retailers are forcing I’d to get a refund, buy something.

Hell even done retailers no longer accept cash.

I understand basic cameras, though to have your face image captured, and then recorded, for I would say to see how often you visit a retailer, what you buy.

It’s all to get her biometrics.

a reply to: robsmith

Unconfirmed reports are that the imaging produces a silhouette not a clearly identifiable video capture. This may be false info to pacify those off put by their placement at bathroom doors.

a reply to: ConcernedCanadian
That sounds counterproductive, why would and one invest an equipment that delivers low quality images.

It’s probably to see how many toilet breaks people take, so they can dock your unproductive time off your wages.

a reply to: ConcernedCanadian
That sounds counterproductive, why would and one invest an equipment that delivers low quality images.

It’s probably to see how many toilet breaks people take, so they can dock your unproductive time off your wages.

a reply to: robsmith

It may be designed to detect tech in a pocket or bag.

a reply to: ConcernedCanadian

Could it be an electro magnetic radiation detector? Or perhaps a device to gather meta data off devices?

Does Amazon sell burqas?

Asking for a friend.

a reply to: robsmith

To be fair, so do I. There is something to be said for anonymity when the extremely tech savvy Chinese are breathing down our necks.

a reply to: nugget1

Don’t buy off amazon, they’ll gather your biometrics, and you’ll end up on a watch list. Have your”friend” visit in person to buy a burqa.

a reply to: Badams

I am beginning to wonder if this whole China is a threat thing.

They have mastered social scoring, monitoring of their population. I would hazard a guess that this tech is being bought by western governments or being supplied to develop the new world order.

Where I live in Australia, there’s threats of electricity shortages, brownouts and blackouts, seems (no offence to anyone) 3rd world infrastructure.

Hiding in plain sight: activists don camouflage to beat Met surveillance

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Wearing makeup has long been seen as an act of defiance, from teenagers to New Romantics. Now that defiance has taken on a harder edge, as growing numbers of people use it to try to trick facial recognition systems.

a reply to: dandandat2

That’s great, reminds me of Ziggy Stardust!

During world war 2 the dazzle camouflage on battleships were impressive.

a reply to: robsmith

Yeah, they're a threat, our defense force is taking it extremely seriously. It seems to be being kept pretty well out of mainstream news - I assume to prevent public unease.

Seems like you may be in QLD in regards to the electricity issues. That's thanks to the governments messing with our coal fired power stations - exacerbated by a colder than average winter this year so far. Nothing wildly strange.

I certainly don't share your thoughts on a "NWO" nothing makes me believe there's such a plan - people are too incompetent and unorganized. Do I think we're on the right trajectory for another world war? absolutely.

a reply to: Badams

I’m in Victoria, it’s been pretty cool here lately, average of 15 degrees, which isn’t that cold, though it’s been overcast with occasional rain, and limited direct su, and high winds today.

Thankfully it didn’t hit the fan when the Chinese aircraft cut off the wedge tail last week and dumped a load of chaff which was injested by the engine of the RAAF aircraft.


Australia needs to really consider going nuclear power instead of relying on solar and wind.