Comment on Colesworth exit gates

• Nath@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’ve seen them in the city Coles, but my suburban Coles doesn’t have them. I assume they install them as a deterrent for shoplifting. Which I guess says that not enough people in my area are shoplifting to justify these things.

  I hate cameras watching my face and the overhead one that can’t handle me doing something unexpected like trying to scan 4 milk cartons at once a lot more than these gates. I’ve also never seen them actually close though. My attitude might change if they closed on me.

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  • Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The gates are tied to the cameras. They do motion tracking and gait recognition (but they swear they don’t do facerec) to track you through the store, and recognise whether you’ve made a payment. If you haven’t, they don’t open.

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    • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Jesus fucking christ.

      I’ve seen people just walk out with trolley loads and no one stops them. But the average person gets treated like they’re a potential fucking bank robber.

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• maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Holy shit. Nope. Rarely shop at either.

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