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You don't think all the cameras in big box stores are networked and monitored by AI? I would be shocked if they're not doing customer tracking. Notice the numbe
by taylorfinley 5y ago
You don't think all the cameras in big box stores are networked and monitored by AI? I would be shocked if they're not doing customer tracking. Notice the number of face-level cameras popping up in Wal-Mart, they even have them built in to the front doors at chest height so they can scan every face and then track what you're looking at as you peruse the shelves.
- CamperBob2 5y agoAn underrated point. All those security cameras represent an inexhaustible source of monetizable data that is currently going to waste. Right now there are too many retail security cameras for humans to monitor constantly, and too many shoppers to tag and track even if the data could be retained and processed. But both of these problems are well on their way to being solved.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 5y agoI certainly didn't mean to imply that they aren't doing it. But I also don't like it, which was my intended statement. Especially so if they're sharing data about me specifically outside of their store, or if they're using it to charge me special prices.