Retailers Quietly Deploying Controversial Technology to Combat Crime Spree

store anti-theft system signalisation alarm, scanner entrance gate

Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s, and a slew of other major retailers are quietly employing controversial facial-recognition technology to combat an increase in smash-and-grab robberies and other coordinated attacks. It’s part of a larger effort to transform retailers’ existing security cameras — those ubiquitous black gadgets that produce thousands of hours of mostly useless footage — into a… Continue reading Retailers Quietly Deploying Controversial Technology to Combat Crime Spree