Retailers Secretively Using #FaceRecognition to Spot “Persons of Interest” — Including For the Government

The grocery store chain #Wegmans , among other retailers, is using face recognition on its customers — and scanning their faces for resemblance not only to accused #shoplifters but also to people whose photos have been submitted to the company by law enforcement.
#personofinterest #privacy #facialrecognition #biometrics #security

https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/retailers-secretively-using-face-recognition

In praise of #ivorcutler

I was recently made aware of the wonder poet, raconeteur, eccentric, and otherwise brilliant individual, Ivor Culter.

He knocked around with the likes of the Beatles, back in his heyday.

The song ("song", in the sense of most of his work involved a harmonium) which I like is called #shoplifters which is about people who lifted up a shop, rather than robbed from it. See:

https://youtu.be/wuAM5IRgxm0?si=kZd0ijF8HEbjreTe

Note that this comes from the "Ivor Cutler Trio" -- a mono-version (i.e., just Ivor), can be seen here:

https://youtu.be/bVNvC2sNxio?si=By_koTzKDxIE-GL1

I wish I had known of him sooner.

For more general information, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivor_Cutler

#Michigan judge using #carwashes to clean up act of #Walmart #shoplifters

https://san.com/cc/michigan-judge-using-car-washes-to-clean-up-act-of-walmart-shoplifters/