Anyone Happy With The Idea Of This?

[youngmafbog]

http://news.sky.com/story/1163551/tesco-face-scanners-to-target-till-adverts

Perhaps we should all go into Tesco's wearing burkas and sunglasses.

I for one will not be shopping there any more.

[sp1814]

AOG

With the question of how we are tracked, privacy and the creeping 'Minority Report' aspect of this...I think it's justifiably not a 'non-story'.

Insomuch that it's been reported in several papers.

[hc4361]

Every time I drive in to my Tesco car park or the local retail park car park my registration number is taken by a camera. It is taken again when I exit.

Every time I walk in to any shop I am being recorded by CCTV. When I walk down the High Street I am being watched by someone using CCTV.

My phone company know who I call. Virgin know exactly what I am on watching and when on my tv. When we have compulsory smart meters the energy company will know when we turn the heating on. It is reasonable to expect them to be able to deduce when the house is unoccupied.

The days of privacy and anonymity are long gone.

[ludwig]

They don't care who you are. It's not that type of ID system. They'll just detect there is a female at the till and try to sell them a pair of shoes.

[boxtops]

I suspect it'll be no different from the package of money off vouchers I get from Tesco every now and again, based on the stuff I've bought over previous weeks. Ludwig's probably right.

[trt]

'' I was searching the internet for some furniture yesterday and when I went back in to AB later all the adverts round the edge were for furniture.''

Same here VHG, I go on amazon quite a bit and they always show up on AB later.

I am all for CCT and other security devices, they help so much with helping against crime.

[anotheoldgit]

sp1814

/// With the question of how we are tracked, privacy and the creeping 'Minority Report' aspect of this...I think it's justifiably not a 'non-story'.///

Interesting that a fellow ABer, posted these in a recent Daily Mail story about CCTV cameras at school gates.

/// Roll on more cameras, if they help to keep kids safe. Another non-story from the DM. ///

/// This is a complete non-story and you should have realised that. ///

/// Its just the DM banging on and on about a non-issue. ///

Don't you think that is a much more worthy story than one about facial recognition at petrol stations?

Well I do no matter who reported on it, because one can save lives and the other is just about unsavoury surveillance.

Which one is much more important to you?

[Prudie]

OK thanks, it doesn't actually bother me. I always ensure my make-up is up to scratch when I buy petrol anyway.

[pixie373]

My adverts on AB changed to dfs just after i ordered new sofas -not that smart then!

[jno]

I always ensure my make-up is up to scratch when I buy petrol anyway

If YMB did the same, he might get your ads, Prudie?

[andy-hughes]

I will delight in confusing them -

I am nearly sixty, but look forty, I am a heavy metal fan, I am tee-total, I don't enjoy football, I only ever seem to buy junk food, I go on cruises for my holidays, i can't remember the last time I went in a pub, I have never played a video game, and my gadget appreciation is less than zero.

So Tesco, record my physical image, which is about as far an indication of the person I am as it is possible to find.

Good luck!

[Prudie]

he may well jno, can't beat a bit of Maybelline whatever your sex :-)

[Hypognosis]

@ludwig

//If you are wearing a burkha it'll be prayer mats and vitamin D supplements. //

LOL!

[Old_Geezer]

It's a Alan Sugar thing. No worries then, it'll be the cheap & cheerful standard.

[naomi24]

From the article …

//The retailer stresses the screens do not use eyeball scanners, facial recognition, or identify individual customers in any way.//

In that case, I can’t really see that it’s a ‘Big Brother’ issue.