Re:Coffee machine camera at Amazon warehouse raises concerns...
by s_dev on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @11:08AM
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So they enter a secure facility with their already vetted credentials and CCTV in operation to try out stolen credit cards? Or they could do those same validation tests at home on a dodgy website.
Do you think using stolen credit cards is a big problem in Amazon warehouses, because what I think is this isn't a bug but a feature to detect who is working and who is slacking.
Re:Coffee machine camera at Amazon warehouse raises concerns...
by blackoil on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @11:19AM
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From parent comment
> uses a camera for people to purchase coffee with a card, she said. But Carroll added that Amazon offers the coffee to employees free of charge and has no practical use for the camera.
Re:Coffee machine camera at Amazon warehouse raises concerns...
by s_dev on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @11:52AM
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I'm not sure why you quoted that because there is a camera in operation and whether Amazon 'has a practical' purpose for it or not is irrelevant here.
Would be like finding a camera in a girls locker room and then saying 'we have no need for that'. Like what the hell is doing there is the real question and I suspect it does have a practical purpose for Amazon.
Many times people who steal credit cards will try to make small purchases to validate cards. Since there is no human interaction someone who has stolen ~10 cards could try each one by buying a $1-2 coffee and seeing which ones work. The machine takes photos which could then be turned over if/when the card holder reports fraud.