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nitrogen on July 28, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hu...

There's been a trend in self checkout to have at least two cameras directly on each machine, one in the screen pointed at your face, and one overhead on a mast pointed downward.

I am not a fan.

WarOnPrivacy on July 28, 2020 [–]

I've seen the playback from the camera above and I'm okay with that one.

The other one targeting my face? Not so much (tho I'm less bothered, since wearing a mask).

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