Wal-Mart Wants to Spy on It’s Customers
Posted in H.L. News, Main Blog (All Posts) on December 6th, 2006 12:01 pm by HL
Wal-Mart’s data center remains mystery
News With Views
Excerpt:
Wal-Mart’s ability to crunch numbers is a favorite of conspiracy theorists, and its data centers are the corporate counterpart to Area 51 at Groom Lake in the state of Nevada. According to one consumer activist, Katherine Albrecht, even the wildest conspiracy buff might be surprised at just how much Wal-Mart knows about its customers – and how much more it would like to know…..Albrecht, the consumer activist, said that when the contractor came to her with the story about Wal-Mart wanting to biometrically identify customers through video, one of the reasons given was to help law enforcement.
“You could search for all sales of a particular kind of rope and get a photo of who bought it,” she said. “On the other end, you could research all of the purchases of a particular individual, even if they paid in cash.”
Albrecht is the co-author of “Spychips,” about the use of RFID, or radio frequency identification devices, by the government and corporations to track individuals. She lives in Nashua, N.H., and is getting ready to receive a doctorate of education in consumer education.
December 6th, 2006 at 9:08 pm
HL have you ever been to a casino in nevada? They have been doing the exact same thing for years and no one has ever complained about it but now that Wal Mart is talking about it you have a problem with it. You should have been raising hell about it when the casinos first started doing it.
December 7th, 2006 at 7:38 pm
the right to privacy is not a priveledge.
December 7th, 2006 at 7:45 pm
People have to make choices and stand up for what we believe. Where are the rebels. No, I don’t mean ‘them’….I mean the Hippies. The people who adversely affected a change. The protesters. Without whom American citizen’s would’ve had no voice. No say. No fervant, effectual change.
December 11th, 2006 at 8:23 pm
i agree with outlaw
walmart is not the only business that does such a thing. target and home depot do it too. how the hell do you expect them to drive in sales???
it’s been done before and will continue to be done as long as the resources are available!
December 17th, 2006 at 1:54 am
sometimes when i get nervous i place my finger in my rectum
December 17th, 2006 at 2:53 pm
Have you been nervous all your life???
December 17th, 2006 at 2:57 pm
Hey Anon Emous, are you proud to be a democrat???
ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
December 17th, 2006 at 6:14 pm
Hey, Anon Amous! What you said exemplifies how I did things at the white house! When I had to deal with Iran and got nervous, I stuck a finger from each hand in my rectum!!