Comment on Local Walmart just installed cameras in the aisles…

radiofreebc@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• Trampampoline@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  How many different scenarios can you put together for a company putting cameras on shelves in a store?

  What’s to guess about, here?

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  • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Probably billed as anti theft. Likely some form of surge pricing

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    • Wildmimic@anarchist.nexus ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Also facial recognition, eye tracking, body language analysis - creating the glass shopper, selling the data for peanuts while violating any decency. Legislation is so far behind the current reality that it isn’t even funny anymore.

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      • Janx@piefed.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The last federally-passed privacy law concerned video store workers not sharing what VHS tapes you rent. Because it was the 80’s…

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        They could do it like Minority Report where it scans you as you grab the item and automatically withdraw the money from your bank account. Tho it’s not gonna be reliable, so they’re just gonna be stealing your money just walking by the shelf sometimes.

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    • Cort@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Probably also a way to track items on the shelves for inventory and ordering. Potentially a way to make sure employees and straightened up the isles/products at the end of the day.

      Probably not for surge pricing, they already do all the tracking with Bluetooth for the most part since everyone always has their phone and no longer turns off Bluetooth to save battery.

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      • T00l_shed@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Yeah but Bluetooth cant tell walmart black shoppers are coming to raise the prices

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• owenfromcanada@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Walmart secures two AI pricing patents, raising dynamic pricing concerns

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