Shoppers warned as Aldi rival rolls out new face-scanning policy to compare against ‘watchlist’

software at the entrances of select stores in the Bay Area near San Francisco, California.

SAFR, a company that provides an AI-powered “facial recognition biometric ecosystem” for businesses, partnered with Grocery Outlet to help it identify individuals suspected of shoplifting, per CBS News.

It then alerts staff if anyone on the area’s watchlist walks continue reading …