Comment on Kroger’s plans to roll out facial recognition at its grocery stores is attracting criticism from lawmakers, who warn it could lead to surge pricing and put customers’ personal data at risk

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Two options:

  • wear something that prevents facial recognition (something like Reflectacles, for example)
  • don’t shop at Kroger

  I’m doing the latter, but I’m probably going to pick up some anti-facial recognition stuff as well, just to screw with the various other orgs that do this (gonna try going through the airport w/ them as well the next time I travel).

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  • TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    don’t shop at 75% of the grocery store in the USA == don’t shop Kroger

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Is it? In my area, here are some alternatives:

      • Associated Food Stores
      • WinCo
      • Walmart
      • Target
      • Trader Joe’s
      • "ethnic" stores - Hispanic, Asian, etc

      Some of those are regional, so fill in whatever exists in your area (e.g. Aldi in the NE US). Kroger brands are maybe 20% of the stores in my area. I used to shop at them primarily (they were the closest), but they’re now less convenient than other stores (takes an extra 10 min to get there). Even when I lived right next to a Kroger-brand store, there were still at least two other options within 10 min drive.

      And I’m not even in a particularly densely populated area, I’m in the suburbs in Utah, about 30-45 min from downtown.

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  • noxy@yiffit.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve thought about Reflectacles too, but I doubt the cameras use infrared in a store that’s already very well lit.

    Great idea though, and I hope they work on countermeasures that work with visible light cameras too

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My understanding is that’s how most facial recognition is done regardless of lighting, because they can blast it to get a better read without bothering people, and the more accurate facial recognition solutions use eyes (solves the problem of different skin tones, facial hair, etc).

      They certainly use visible light cameras, but they don’t necessarily run their facial recognition w/ visible light.

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    3. Get the government to outlaw this bullshit

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That can take months if not years. Civil disobedience can be done today.

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      • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Okay, then that would be option #4 (because neither of the two things you previously mentioned are civil disobedience).

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  • PunnyName@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Kroger owns a number of stores, making it even harder to not shop there: www.scrapehero.com/…/Kroger_Company_USA.png

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    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Fortunately we have a different chain in my area: Associated Food Stores.

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• catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  The opt out comes in the form of a can of spraypaint.

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  • Linktank@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No it comes from taking your money somewhere else. Why would you continue shopping at a place that makes you feel the need to vandalize their property to feel safe?

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    • catloaf@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      What do you propose I do when every supermarket in the area is doing this?

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      • Fuzzy_Red_Panda@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Or when all the supermarkets in your area are owned by Kroger?

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      • Linktank@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Begin eating the rich.

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