{"id":12,"date":"2025-08-27T19:27:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/?p=12"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T23:28:14","slug":"austrailia-busted-for-using-face-recognition-without-informing-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/2025\/08\/27\/austrailia-busted-for-using-face-recognition-without-informing-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Austrailia Busted For Using Face Recognition Without Informing People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sydney, Australia \u2013 In a plot twist straight out of a sci-fi flick, some of Australia\u2019s biggest retailers have been caught red-handed using facial recognition tech to spy on shoppers, all without a peep to the public. The bombshell comes courtesy of local whistleblower and self-proclaimed \u201cprivacy pirate,\u201d Big Wang Mark, who spilled the beans to anyone who\u2019d listen at the pub last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re scanning yer mugs while you\u2019re browsing for bog rolls!\u201d Big Wang Mark bellowed, waving a meat pie for emphasis. The retailers, now forced to unplug their sneaky face-trackers, are sulking in the corner, but Big Wang warns it\u2019s only a matter of time before the government gives \u2018em the green light to turn every store into a dystopian selfie studio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, across Aussie cities, mysterious cameras are popping up like roos in a paddock, snapping pics of every car\u2019s number plate that zooms by. Big Wang Mark reckons the state government\u2019s playing coy, hiding the tech\u2019s true powers like a magician guarding their best trick. \u201cThey won\u2019t admit it, but they\u2019re watching us all!\u201d he declared, squinting suspiciously at a nearby traffic light. Cops, however, keep slipping up, posting pics from these secret cams whenever they\u2019re hunting a suspect, letting slip their Big Brother antics while pretending it\u2019s just a \u201clucky snapshot.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Big Wang Mark ain\u2019t buying it. \u201cThey\u2019re keeping us in the dark, mate! It\u2019s like we\u2019re all starring in a creepy reality show we didn\u2019t sign up for!\u201d he roared, vowing to keep exposing the surveillance shenanigans with his trusty megaphone and a cold one in hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"174\" src=\"https:\/\/iherd.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1-1024x174.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13\" srcset=\"https:\/\/iherd.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1-1024x174.png 1024w, https:\/\/iherd.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1-300x51.png 300w, https:\/\/iherd.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1-768x130.png 768w, https:\/\/iherd.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image-1.png 1109w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sydney, Australia \u2013 In a plot twist straight out of a sci-fi flick, some of Australia\u2019s biggest retailers have been caught red-handed using facial recognition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15,"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12\/revisions\/15"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iherd.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}