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That video was staged, at Target electronics need to be paid for in the electronics department where there is no self-check out. In addition Target has the best

That video was staged, at Target electronics need to be paid for in the electronics department where there is no self-check out. In addition Target has the best Loss Prevention in the business, including let shoplifters continue until they accumulate enough goods that their crime is a felony.

gavinray 6mo ago
Partner spent a significant time working at Target, can confirm Their Loss Prevention is so advanced that FBI has collaborated with them for case help https://thehorizonsun.com/features/2024/04/11/the-target-forensics-lab/ https://thehorizonsun.com/features/2024/04/11/the-target-for... I also worked there briefly in my teens, they are a great employer.
- culi 6mo ago
  Yeah Target is notorious for its surveillance technology. Before the rightwing boycotted Target for it's lgbtq+ merch and before the liberals boycotted Target for its rollback of DEI initiatives, many of us had been boyoctting Target for decades because its advancement of surveillance technology and cooperation with companies like Palantir https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/san-francisco-gets-invasive-billionaire-bought-surveillance-hq https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/san-francisco-gets-inv... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-25/how-target-tgt-police-surveilled-black-neighbors-in-inner-cities https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-25/how-targe...
  - happyopossum 6mo ago
    > Yeah Target is notorious for its surveillance technology. Can confirm - my wife called in a complaint about some graffiti / vandalism or something that was obscene in a target, and when she got a call back from a rep they were able to pinpoint everywhere she went in the store to determine which sign she was talking about...
- doctorpangloss 6mo ago
  they have the best marketed loss prevention: by getting nerds to talk about, people are like, ooo i shouldn't shoplift at target of course, without any real data, how would anyone know?

gavinray 6mo ago

Partner spent a significant time working at Target, can confirm Their Loss Prevention is so advanced that FBI has collaborated with them for case help https://thehorizonsun.com/features/2024/04/11/the-target-forensics-lab/ https://thehorizonsun.com/features/2024/04/11/the-target-for... I also worked there briefly in my teens, they are a great employer.

culi 6mo ago
Yeah Target is notorious for its surveillance technology. Before the rightwing boycotted Target for it's lgbtq+ merch and before the liberals boycotted Target for its rollback of DEI initiatives, many of us had been boyoctting Target for decades because its advancement of surveillance technology and cooperation with companies like Palantir https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/san-francisco-gets-invasive-billionaire-bought-surveillance-hq https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/san-francisco-gets-inv... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-25/how-target-tgt-police-surveilled-black-neighbors-in-inner-cities https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-08-25/how-targe...
- happyopossum 6mo ago
  > Yeah Target is notorious for its surveillance technology. Can confirm - my wife called in a complaint about some graffiti / vandalism or something that was obscene in a target, and when she got a call back from a rep they were able to pinpoint everywhere she went in the store to determine which sign she was talking about...
doctorpangloss 6mo ago
they have the best marketed loss prevention: by getting nerds to talk about, people are like, ooo i shouldn't shoplift at target of course, without any real data, how would anyone know?