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A comment on Ask HN: How do self-checkout cameras recording your face prevent theft?.

Re:Ask HN: How do self-checkout cameras recording your face ... by timothybone on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:34PM (#14961664)
It's valuable data. It's probably good for many things, from catching criminals, to selling to you personally, even to selling that data to other stores.
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Re:Ask HN: How do self-checkout cameras recording your face ... by intermittently on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:21PM (#14962112)
No disagreement on any particular point, but that doesn't explain/address why the cameras are on the self-checkout lanes only (as far as I know, anyway).
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