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Re:Walmart patents surveillance tool that can eavesdrop on w... by CamTin on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:27PM (#17516148)
If they're not actually recording the audio (just a boolean of whether or not the cashier said "did you find everything you needed?"), they might not need anyone's consent.
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Re:Walmart patents surveillance tool that can eavesdrop on w... by al3xnull on Thursday July 12, 2018 @12:35PM (#17516258)
Which would require the somehow the audio is "intercepted" to analyze that the greeting was said. Two-party consent state include that action. Storage is another thing, no?
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