The privacy commissioner has found Kmart broke the Privacy Act with its use of facial recognition technology, ordering the retail giant not to repeat the practice.
Can you remember the drug bust in Cranbourne recently where they found thousands of dollars of Lego?
Drug dealers are trading their product for Lego; they are then selling it on Bricklink.
The Druggos walk into Big W or Target or Kmart, grab a trolley, fill it up with Lego and just walk out, ignoring Staff and Security.
This is who the facial recognition is supposed to target. They can prosecute an individual who is a multiple offender, but it isn’t worth the risk for a security guard to forcibly restrain an unpredictable single offender.
Lego.
Can you remember the drug bust in Cranbourne recently where they found thousands of dollars of Lego?
Drug dealers are trading their product for Lego; they are then selling it on Bricklink.
The Druggos walk into Big W or Target or Kmart, grab a trolley, fill it up with Lego and just walk out, ignoring Staff and Security.
This is who the facial recognition is supposed to target. They can prosecute an individual who is a multiple offender, but it isn’t worth the risk for a security guard to forcibly restrain an unpredictable single offender.