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

    • ggBarabajagal@lemmy.world
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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.

      • Cappurnikus@lemmy.world
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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.