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Oh good, now the 7/11's will be able to detect who I am by my face through their security cameras and will do some targeted advertising to me as I walk the aisl

Oh good, now the 7/11's will be able to detect who I am by my face through their security cameras and will do some targeted advertising to me as I walk the aisles.

hueving 11y ago
They can partner with the local gov so when they see you approaching on a street camera they can put a fresh hot dog on the roller for you.
- strictnein 11y ago
  See, mass surveillance has its upsides too.
LoSboccacc 11y ago
Needs to be trained first, and if you train it with a population as large as 7/11 customer base it's accuracy is gonna crash to the ground
- Raphmedia 11y ago
  Have a camera take photos of the customers as they pay with their VIP cards (or when you ask for the customer's email) and train it from those images.
- zo1 11y ago
  I thought it came pre-trained?
  - joshfraser 11y ago
    on celebrity faces, yes.
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brokentone 11y ago
Or know if you're a shoplifter: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35111363 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35111363
baldfat 11y ago
Minority Report - Personal Advertising in the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ
Sanddancer 11y ago
There are already a number of facial detection engines. If 7-11 wanted to do that, they could have done it by now.
- nl 11y ago
  Face Detection yes. Face Recognition engines exist, but are a lot rarer (and typically more expensive) than detection.
  - kefka 11y ago
    That's what my github.com/jwcrawley/uWho project does: Facial recognition on an old computer with no GPGPU processing. Now , any of the CVDazzle "exploits" screwing up a LBP cascade on face detection works to subvert my model, as does closing ones eyes. Aside those small details, it was in large a great success for my initial goal. Now, I'm looking at getting it into a client-server architecture, where I can recognize who lives here, and whom comes over regularly. The idea is that I can have an "aware front door" that can ring a doorbell or send a message (with who: text/picture) if we are away. Even crazier is to allow bidirectional voice to us over a VoIP connection. I see its purpose in a part of the home IoT infrastructure that isn't like a "internet toilet" kind of uselessness.
jameslk 11y ago
What would be more practically valuable to them is to track how many times you visit 7/11 so they can determine how often their customers are returning and use that to make predictions about their future. Then they can sell that to their investors.
legulere 11y ago
That's why you need laws that make clear what shops are allowed to do and what they aren't.

Oh good, now the 7/11's will be able to detect who I am by my face through their security cameras and will do some targeted advertising to me as I walk the aisles.

hueving 11y ago

They can partner with the local gov so when they see you approaching on a street camera they can put a fresh hot dog on the roller for you.

strictnein 11y ago
See, mass surveillance has its upsides too.

LoSboccacc 11y ago

Needs to be trained first, and if you train it with a population as large as 7/11 customer base it's accuracy is gonna crash to the ground

Raphmedia 11y ago
Have a camera take photos of the customers as they pay with their VIP cards (or when you ask for the customer's email) and train it from those images.
zo1 11y ago
I thought it came pre-trained?
- joshfraser 11y ago
  on celebrity faces, yes.

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brokentone 11y ago

Or know if you're a shoplifter: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35111363 http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35111363

baldfat 11y ago

Minority Report - Personal Advertising in the Future https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bXJ_obaiYQ

Sanddancer 11y ago

There are already a number of facial detection engines. If 7-11 wanted to do that, they could have done it by now.

nl 11y ago
Face Detection yes. Face Recognition engines exist, but are a lot rarer (and typically more expensive) than detection.
- kefka 11y ago
  That's what my github.com/jwcrawley/uWho project does: Facial recognition on an old computer with no GPGPU processing. Now , any of the CVDazzle "exploits" screwing up a LBP cascade on face detection works to subvert my model, as does closing ones eyes. Aside those small details, it was in large a great success for my initial goal. Now, I'm looking at getting it into a client-server architecture, where I can recognize who lives here, and whom comes over regularly. The idea is that I can have an "aware front door" that can ring a doorbell or send a message (with who: text/picture) if we are away. Even crazier is to allow bidirectional voice to us over a VoIP connection. I see its purpose in a part of the home IoT infrastructure that isn't like a "internet toilet" kind of uselessness.

jameslk 11y ago

What would be more practically valuable to them is to track how many times you visit 7/11 so they can determine how often their customers are returning and use that to make predictions about their future. Then they can sell that to their investors.

legulere 11y ago

That's why you need laws that make clear what shops are allowed to do and what they aren't.