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Borders to Use CCTV Face Recognition

Posted by michael on from the seventeen-years-late dept.

albanach writes: "This story at the Sunday Herald newspaper says Borders Bookshop is to become the world's first retailer to use face recognition software linked to their in-store CCTV cameras to automagically identify known shoplifters."

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  1. That does it! by Voline · · Score: 2, Funny

    I give up. I'm just going to walk down to the police station and let them implant a chip under my scalp.

    I saw a woman the other day who had a bar code tattoo on her arm. I thought it was funny (wry comment on the commodification of all life. ha ha). Now I'm not so sure.

  2. A way around this... by MentlFlos · · Score: 5, Funny
    Lets all purchase Nixon masks and go running into borders with them on... Immagine what the logs would look like..

    Nixon entered via west entrance
    (last message repeated 27 times)

    Yeah, I know its stupid, but thats why its a joke.

    -paul