Smartphone tracking only works on people who voluntarily carry their smartphones around and enable tracking features. Satellite imaging is an interesting example - the level of detail at present is roughly the same as what you'd see out of a plane window. But if it gets to a level where facial recognition is possible, that would be pretty worrying. And "anyone on the street with eyeballs" (law included) cannot identify people by sight alone, unless they're already aware that they need to look for that specific person.
Amazon, on the other hand, has put a great deal of time and energy into facial recognition software. They will be able to identify virtually everybody that walks by - even if they don't know a person's name at first, Amazon will keep the facial data and build a profile for that person over time as it accrues more data. That data will be correlated with other businesses and facial recognition software, and Amazon/Google/FB will all profit from the data exchange (especially if they can sell it to advertisers and law enforcement). At no point did the person being recorded agree to have his/her information used for this purpose.
Also they can be hacked and used for harassment, too. We already have the tech to prevent this - it's called "closed circuit".
Amazon, on the other hand, has put a great deal of time and energy into facial recognition software. They will be able to identify virtually everybody that walks by - even if they don't know a person's name at first, Amazon will keep the facial data and build a profile for that person over time as it accrues more data. That data will be correlated with other businesses and facial recognition software, and Amazon/Google/FB will all profit from the data exchange (especially if they can sell it to advertisers and law enforcement). At no point did the person being recorded agree to have his/her information used for this purpose.
Also they can be hacked and used for harassment, too. We already have the tech to prevent this - it's called "closed circuit".