• @[email protected]
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    311 months ago

    Self-checkout systems are already old fashioned. Most stores in my town have apps for that now, where customers scan items as they bag them in their own bags while walking through the store and then just beep out. This removes the need for a queue, the payment terminal, the receipt and the stupid exit gate. Customers are allegedly randomly checked, but I’ve never seen that.

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        111 months ago

        How are they tracking? I know it can easily be done with NFC tags, but I doubt they tag fresh produce like that?

        • @slumberlust
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          111 months ago

          It’s all cameras and ML face recognition.

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            111 months ago

            I wonder how many people are needed to operate the system, and if the camera detection is really just an employee in an Asian call center.

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        211 months ago

        FYI, your purchases are already thoroughly tracked like that starting as soon as you walk in the store, app or not.