Privacy warning as 7-Eleven in Thailand to start scanning customer’s faces

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Privacy warning as 7-Eleven in Thailand to start scanning customer’s faces

BY STAFF WRITER 

 

 

7-Eleven is rolling out facial recognition technology to its 11,000 stores in Thailand

 

The convenience store chain will use the technology in a number of different ways, including to help identify loyal customers, analyse customer traffic and monitor stock levels of products.

 

Facial recognition will also be used to suggest products to customers and even monitor their emotions while customers are in store, as well as being used to keep tabs on employees.

 

The company has said it is using the technology developed by American firm Remark Holdings, which claims its facial recognition software has a 96 percent accuracy rate.

 

Last year, Remark Holdings announced a $10 million investment in CP Group, which operates 7-Eleven in Thailand.

 

Speaking to the Financial Times, Kai-Shing Tao, Remark’s chief executive said: “Artificial intelligence has the power to completely transform business in every industry.

 

Full story: https://tech.thaivisa.com/privacy-warning-7-eleven-thailand-start-scanning-customers-faces/27775/

 

-- © Copyright Thai Tech 2018-03-16

 

[thaibeachlovers]

I shall be purchasing some of those face masks that Thais wear and using them in 7 11.

It's not as though they'll be forcing people to submit to be scanned. Tell me if I'm wrong.

[johng]

I'm going for a "dazzle flauge" facepaint course.

[lanista]

This must be some kind of joke.Is 7/11 doing this overseas ?  I bet theyre not.  This slaps of Brave New World.

 

If it does happen immigration police and police in general will move in for the kill ,as well, to see if they can cross ref against their computer data base. This  is a small step forward for convenience and a giant leap backwards for rights.

 

I wonder if that junta thug and his diamond rolex watch buddies have anything to do with it ?

[colinneil]

Invasion of privacy, big brother is watching you.

As i never go in 7/11 it will not effect me.

 

[Guest]

When entering 7 Eleven in the future:

 

"Welcome back Mike! I have noticed that you are not here with you mia noi, Nok, this time. I hope she is ok. Perhaps you should buy her some flowers and chocolate, like you did a week ago? Don't forget to buy a pack of Durex."

 

" Don't worry. I will not tell about your visit to your wife Pla, who visited our Ranong branch just few minutes ago. After all, your bonus points count at the time is higher than hers."

 

 

 

 

 

[Darcula]

What's wrong with the current customer recognition technology?

 

 

 

[johng]

Invasion of privacy, big brother is watching you.
As i never go in 7/11 it will not effect me.
 

But you go to Big C...

Anyway Piccadilly circus London England
https://news.sky.com/story/piccadilly-circus-lights-facial-detection-system-incredibly-intrusive-11087020

[YetAnother]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

Facial recognition will also be used to suggest products to customers

Great,more unwanted stuff pushed/quasi-forced on us

[colinneil]

5 minutes ago, johng said:

But you go to Big C...

Anyway Piccadilly circus London England
https://news.sky.com/story/piccadilly-circus-lights-facial-detection-system-incredibly-intrusive-11087020

yes i go to big C, but they have cctv, not facial recognition, slight difference.

[Happy Grumpy]

Does it at least call you hansum? 

[cmsally]

Thai 7-11 stores to adopt facial recognition technology

 

This sentence particularly stood out.

Quote

The deployment will underscore Asia’s status as a laboratory for AI technologies.

 

[johng]

but they have cctv, not facial recognition

Yet....maybe if its a success at 7 other stores will want it too.

[stanleycoin]

I see a flaw in this plan

With new quality tourists coming to Thiland 

 

[thaibeachlovers]

17 minutes ago, colinneil said:

yes i go to big C, but they have cctv, not facial recognition, slight difference.

It's coming, have no doubt about it. It's going to be everywhere, like in that Tom Cruise film.

[ratcatcher]

24 minutes ago, Darcula said:

What's wrong with the current customer recognition technology?

 

 

 

They can't be trusted, sleeping dogs lie .      .

[Coconut007]

Won't work in Thailand... have you seen some of the girls with / without make-up?

[cmsally]

The guy "in charge " of one of these companies seems to have a past record with gaming/casinos and Playboy. Quite the track record.

Definitely a Chinese operation.

[smedly]

51 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I shall be purchasing some of those face masks that Thais wear and using them in 7 11.

It's not as though they'll be forcing people to submit to be scanned. Tell me if I'm wrong.

you are not wrong

 

everyone thinks all these innovations from the likes of google facebook and Apple are all for our convenience, face recognition fingerprint scans etc etc - well they are not, they are all being logged and you are being profiled, not by governments as such but by private companies, if it was government action we'd all be protesting about it and how are privacy and human rights were being exploited

 

Take a look at apple and android user agreements about face and fingerprint scanning and how private it is

 

 

Oh so cool I can open my phone with a finger or face scan - yes really cool right ?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

New fashion statement for 7-11 customers in Thailand:

 

 

Or, if they're getting into retinal scanning:

[realenglish1]

Invasion of privacy If they start using this technology I will go somewhere else

 

Tracking me is not something I give my permission to

[jvs]

Yes soon it will be April 1st.

[kannot]

34 minutes ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

New fashion statement for 7-11 customers in Thailand:

 

 

Or, if they're getting into retinal scanning:

How about rectal scanning?

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

Remember the April Fools Day news post about being able to do online 90-day reporting at your local 7-11?

 

The joke may soon be no joke!  

[irwinfc]

i think i'll be using my N95 mask more often now. in addition to filtering polluted air, i also get to annoy this pesky face recognition technology. or i can hold off and wait for a 180 from cp once the backlash comes.

[Tredz]

Cap with led :

 

[ThaiWai]

For sale 200b

 

[StayinThailand2much]

3 hours ago, lanista said:

This must be some kind of joke.Is 7/11 doing this overseas ?  I bet theyre not.  This slaps of Brave New World.

 

If it does happen immigration police and police in general will move in for the kill ,as well, to see if they can cross ref against their computer data base. This  is a small step forward for convenience and a giant leap backwards for rights.

 

I wonder if that junta thug and his diamond rolex watch buddies have anything to do with it ?

I don't like it either. If they try to do it, they'll lose a loyal customer. What are the benefits for me, the customer?

[HLover]

3 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

I don't like it either. If they try to do it, they'll lose a loyal customer. What are the benefits for me, the customer?

Potential to be posted on the most handsome customer of the month billboard?

[StayinThailand2much]

2 hours ago, jvs said:

Yes soon it will be April 1st.

Well, this news item is a bit early for an April fool's joke.

 

What's next: fingerprinting when you shop with them? There are easier ways to find out about loyal customers - why not issue membership cards/credit cards to repeat customers? The latter one could even be used to shop online for 7-Eleven products.