Australia's Big Retailers Found To Be Facial Recognition Technology In Stores Across The Country

New research has found that some of Australia's biggest retailers are using facial recognition tech to keep tabs on their customers, and most of the time, we don't know because their alert system is hidden.

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[jackx]

Face data to unlock phones is kept locally (on the phone) and not by Apple. Even if Apple did have this data, it in no way makes what Bunnings, Kmart, and GGs are doing acceptable.

[MacGuffin]

Could be used to endanger DV victims, next they will be selling or sharing with 3rd parties. If the data could be confined to one site and anonymised ... then maybe they could use it for 'troublmakers' They should at least need to have a licence to use it.

[lindyb]

Hamish ... noooo .. your last comment ! The thing is choice here .. if you want to open your phone with facial recognition .. choice !

[TOOTSWEET]

What if some person uses your facial ID to access your Google acct or bank acct?

[jamessmith]

they put em in my local asda UK, onelove ❤

[kevinyowait]

That's cool, I agree with it!!

Kevin
Papua New Guinea