Kroger owns a number of stores, making it even harder to not shop there: www.scrapehero.com/…/Kroger_Company_USA.png
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).
PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 months ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Fortunately we have a different chain in my area: Associated Food Stores.
noxy@yiffit.net 3 months 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
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months 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.
TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 3 months ago
don’t shop at 75% of the grocery store in the USA == don’t shop Kroger
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months 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.
grue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
That can take months if not years. Civil disobedience can be done today.
grue@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Okay, then that would be option #4 (because neither of the two things you previously mentioned are civil disobedience).
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
They are, just not disobedience against a government, but against what stores want you to do.