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Re:Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds ... by frogpelt on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:04PM (#23977166)
In other words, shop at the places where they already know you and they won’t need facial recognition software.
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Re:Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds ... by potta_coffee on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:16PM (#23977295)
Having relationships with real-world people is really nothing like a faceless corporation compiling a database on you and I think you probably know that.

Edit: I may have misunderstood the tone of your comment. Are you implying it's bad that people at your local store might know who you are? I should have my coffee.

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Re:Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds ... by frogpelt on Wednesday July 29, 2020 @11:31PM (#23994310)
Yeah, sorry. I should been more clear with my tone. I don't think it's bad for the local business to know who you are.

I can see why it sounded that way.

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Re:Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hundreds ... by swsieber on Tuesday July 28, 2020 @12:32PM (#23977520)
Yup - then the whole world won't be able to automatically know you. It seems like a decent trade-off. We've already been using that model for many, many years.
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