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    From Charles Packer@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 16 08:59:17 2024
    This is an appropriate forum to ask what imaginary principles are
    behind the technology Sam's Club uses in which, according to a
    news release, "a combination of computer vision and digital
    technology in the exit area of the club captures images of carts
    and verifies that the customer has paid for all the items in
    their basket."

    http://tinyurl.com/mr5bbt3x

    Considering that purchased items will likely be in bags and
    therefore be invisible to "computer vision" mentioned in the quote
    above. RFID technology is old stuff, of course, so it must be
    something other than that, though the photo accompanying the news
    release shows what looks like an RFID portal.

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  • From Bice@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jan 16 12:21:21 2024
    On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 08:59:17 GMT, Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org>
    wrote:

    Considering that purchased items will likely be in bags

    There are Sams Clubs that bag your purchases? The one I go to
    doesn't. In fact, most of what they sell are bulk items that wouldn't
    fit in a bag.

    -- Bob

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  • From Scott Lurndal@21:1/5 to Charles Packer on Tue Jan 16 16:26:24 2024
    Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org> writes:
    This is an appropriate forum to ask what imaginary principles are
    behind the technology Sam's Club uses in which, according to a
    news release, "a combination of computer vision and digital
    technology in the exit area of the club captures images of carts
    and verifies that the customer has paid for all the items in
    their basket."

    The same technology Amazon used in their b&m stores.

    https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/21/inside-amazons-surveillance-powered-no-checkout-convenience-store/

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  • From Scott Dorsey@21:1/5 to mailbox@cpacker.org on Tue Jan 16 23:38:38 2024
    Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
    This is an appropriate forum to ask what imaginary principles are
    behind the technology Sam's Club uses in which, according to a
    news release, "a combination of computer vision and digital
    technology in the exit area of the club captures images of carts
    and verifies that the customer has paid for all the items in
    their basket."

    http://tinyurl.com/mr5bbt3x

    Considering that purchased items will likely be in bags and
    therefore be invisible to "computer vision" mentioned in the quote
    above. RFID technology is old stuff, of course, so it must be
    something other than that, though the photo accompanying the news
    release shows what looks like an RFID portal.

    It's guilt and the fear of being caught that does it. The computer vision system is an empty box with a Commodore 64 and a plastic lens, I bet.
    Just like airport security, it doesn't have to work to be effective.
    --scott
    --
    "C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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  • From Mad Hamish@21:1/5 to Scott Dorsey on Tue Feb 6 14:11:12 2024
    On 16 Jan 2024 23:38:38 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:

    Charles Packer <mailbox@cpacker.org> wrote:
    This is an appropriate forum to ask what imaginary principles are
    behind the technology Sam's Club uses in which, according to a
    news release, "a combination of computer vision and digital
    technology in the exit area of the club captures images of carts
    and verifies that the customer has paid for all the items in
    their basket."

    http://tinyurl.com/mr5bbt3x

    Considering that purchased items will likely be in bags and
    therefore be invisible to "computer vision" mentioned in the quote
    above. RFID technology is old stuff, of course, so it must be
    something other than that, though the photo accompanying the news
    release shows what looks like an RFID portal.

    It's guilt and the fear of being caught that does it. The computer vision >system is an empty box with a Commodore 64 and a plastic lens, I bet.
    Just like airport security, it doesn't have to work to be effective.

    Airport security found my nail clippers to let them break off the nail
    file
    (clearly I was intending to hijack a plane with a 3cm nail file...)

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