Kroger introducing AI at self checkout to lower both accidental and organized crime theft.::undefined

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        1 year ago

        Given current technology the choices are to either hold something that a hundred other people held that day before you or to use your own phone with an app.

        Applications do have choices when it comes to permissions. Just because it’s an app doesn’t mean it has to be intrusive.

        That said, there’s no way a national chain would put out an app without collecting data.

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      1 year ago

      Why QR codes? Your phone can read regular barcodes as well. Giant lets you use your phone to scan, but you need to connect to their public WiFi for some reason.

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      1 year ago

      There is a phone app, that pretty much allows you phone to work like the scanner gun. I’ve used it before and it works fine, but my phone’s camera is not as good as the guns at scanning barcodes.

      Also, as much as I realize I am trading privacy for control, I figure there’s no need to have the grocery store’s app living on my phone, when it is just as easy for me to use the dedicated device they provide in-store.

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        1 year ago

        I might be tempted to use the app, except it refused to let me sign in because of something funky with my loyalty card.

        Plus, I kinda like going beep beep beep with the gun.

        There is another shop I refuse to use the scanner gun at, because every time you scan, a really loud acknowledgement beep emanates from somewhere in the shop. I can only assume it’s because 90% of their clientele don’t use the scanners, and they assume anyone who does is a thieving scrote who needs to have eyes on them at all times.