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I had a serious moral dilemma when I was tasked with implementing that product for a client. it definitely crosses the digital tracking creepy line

• XCSme 4y ago
  Customers are already video recorded in a real life shop, which not only provides analytical data but also contains their personal information (face, credit card, what they purchased, etc.). Is anonymously tracking which buttons were clicked on a site more creepy?
  • rhn_mk1 4y ago
    No, but also recording customers is totally creepy, if you store that for later.
    • XCSme 4y ago
      Some shops do apply machine learning on recorded videos of customers to find out more info about how they navigate the store. As far as I remember, even electronic advertising panels have cameras and track how long people are looking at the ad and store the age/race of the person.
  • ramesh31 4y ago
    >Is anonymously tracking which buttons were clicked on a site more creepy? It's not anonymous and it's not just buttons. Furthermore it comes down to consent. I can see the cameras in the shop. I have no idea without doing network traffic analysis what kind of surveillance is happening on a website.
  • Ekaros 4y ago
    I wonder how they would feel if there was multiple hand-held cameras on them all the time...
    • XCSme 4y ago
      Well, that's technically legal in most places if it's in a public space.