Poindexterization of modern life & national ID
Apr 7, 2015 1:43:21 GMT -8
Post by offshore profits on Apr 7, 2015 1:43:21 GMT -8
8 Things You Wouldn’t Think Are Spying On You, But Are
April 3, 2015
Mannequins The $245 billion dollar luxury goods industry currently avails itself of five companies in Europe and the U.S. that use the EyeSee polystyrene frame mannequins, whose eyes are equipped with police grade face-recognition cameras. Shopperception is another high-tech company offering this type of technology, and it’s being used at large retailers like Walmart. This technology uses motion-sensor cameras placed in the eyes of mannequins. These cameras come equipped with facial recognition software and track customers’ demographics, what they purchase, and how long it takes consumers to buy certain items.
Statue of Liberty That’s right, Lady Liberty, the monolithic structure that greets our poor, tired, huddled masses, is part of Big Brother’s surveillance enterprise. Actually, it has been since 2002, when early face-recognition software was installed.
Vending Machines The cameras are owned and installed by the vending machine companies themselves. The purpose – besides law enforcement – is unknown but is likely related to target market research.
Kinect Microsoft officially denies that Kinect records conversations, but then in the same sentence they brag about the device’s ability to read your heartbeat and recognize individual voices.
Billboards The company Immersive Labs has created software for digital billboards that allows them to watch your face and then tailor a specific ad based on your facial features.
Jell-O, Adidas and Kraft The creepiest part of this is the cameras are actually linked up to Facebook as well, so the company could hypothetically couple their video surveillance with social media profiles for an even juicier data grab.
Verizon As of April 2013, Verizon had applied to patent a new cable box that uses infrared cameras and microphones to track the activities of viewers during blocks of The Big Bang Theory.
The City of Seattle A new apparatus that is capable of hi-tech surveillance (and more) will be installed at many of the major intersections in downtown Seattle.
theantimedia.org/8-things-you-wouldnt-think-are-spying-on-you/
April 3, 2015
Mannequins The $245 billion dollar luxury goods industry currently avails itself of five companies in Europe and the U.S. that use the EyeSee polystyrene frame mannequins, whose eyes are equipped with police grade face-recognition cameras. Shopperception is another high-tech company offering this type of technology, and it’s being used at large retailers like Walmart. This technology uses motion-sensor cameras placed in the eyes of mannequins. These cameras come equipped with facial recognition software and track customers’ demographics, what they purchase, and how long it takes consumers to buy certain items.
Statue of Liberty That’s right, Lady Liberty, the monolithic structure that greets our poor, tired, huddled masses, is part of Big Brother’s surveillance enterprise. Actually, it has been since 2002, when early face-recognition software was installed.
Vending Machines The cameras are owned and installed by the vending machine companies themselves. The purpose – besides law enforcement – is unknown but is likely related to target market research.
Kinect Microsoft officially denies that Kinect records conversations, but then in the same sentence they brag about the device’s ability to read your heartbeat and recognize individual voices.
Billboards The company Immersive Labs has created software for digital billboards that allows them to watch your face and then tailor a specific ad based on your facial features.
Jell-O, Adidas and Kraft The creepiest part of this is the cameras are actually linked up to Facebook as well, so the company could hypothetically couple their video surveillance with social media profiles for an even juicier data grab.
Verizon As of April 2013, Verizon had applied to patent a new cable box that uses infrared cameras and microphones to track the activities of viewers during blocks of The Big Bang Theory.
The City of Seattle A new apparatus that is capable of hi-tech surveillance (and more) will be installed at many of the major intersections in downtown Seattle.
theantimedia.org/8-things-you-wouldnt-think-are-spying-on-you/