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Repeat shoplifters? Please that’s a thinly veiled excuse, the actual reason is so they can build more accurate analytical models to screw you over more.
by hsbauauvhabzb 10mo ago
Repeat shoplifters? Please that’s a thinly veiled excuse, the actual reason is so they can build more accurate analytical models to screw you over more.
- gowld 10mo agoScrew you over, how, exactly?
- hsbauauvhabzb 10mo agoRegion / time of day / per-demographic brand-popularity based pricing for a start?
- sublinear 10mo agoJuice is not worth the squeeze if the customers who spend more shop online.
- fc417fc802 10mo agoYou think online retailers don't do these things?
- hsbauauvhabzb 10mo agoBrick and mortar do it too.
- seb1204 10mo agoI'm sure you can imagine some dark patterns. Screens that show you products they want you to buy based on your patterns. Discounted offers tailored to you that are not really discounts.
- edgineer 10mo agoThere are arguments about how companies will use collected data in undesirable ways. But I wish that the stress of living in a panopticon would be argument enough.
- Hnrobert42 10mo agoI don't doubt that the biometrics analytics dystopia is coming, but shoplifting is a huge issue in some areas. Biometrics surveillance still sucks, but I'll believe it is about theft at this time.
- hsbauauvhabzb 10mo agoDo facial recognition systems actually reduce or prevent shoplifting by any significant amount? Most shops in my non-us area will have a no approach policy, call the police and report it, but most offenders are presumably habitual.
- acheron 10mo agoNo, it’s the shoplifting. Don’t be obtuse.
- hsbauauvhabzb 10mo agoWow yes your fact based argument has changed my opinion. Praise be.