> Facial recognition, purportedly AnyVision, is also being used by a supermarket chain in Spain to detect people with prior convictions or restraining orders and prevent them from entering 40 of its stores
We are heading into dangerous territory with this, similar to the "social credit score" system in place in other countries.
If this gets tied into other databases, such as criminal databases, I can see a scenario where people are ranked in real-time as potentially undesirable. Criminal convictions from years ago can now follow people around, putting security guards and store employees on "high alert" to watch people carefully, or simply deny them entrance.
We are heading into dangerous territory with this, similar to the "social credit score" system in place in other countries.
If this gets tied into other databases, such as criminal databases, I can see a scenario where people are ranked in real-time as potentially undesirable. Criminal convictions from years ago can now follow people around, putting security guards and store employees on "high alert" to watch people carefully, or simply deny them entrance.