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Re:Home Depot Sued for 'Secretly' Using Facial Recognition a... by fluoridation on Thursday August 21, 2025 @04:50AM (#44970547)
If the company chooses to allow the thefts to continue unimpeded, why should it be anyone else's problem? Like, if someone walks into your home, picks up some items from your shelf, makes eye contact with you, and walks off, and you let them keep doing that over time, at some point you're just consenting to it. I think if you tried to sue them after they stole some arbitrary threshold, a judge would be right to ask why you didn't say anything at all, not even a simple "hey, stop that".
Re:Home Depot Sued for 'Secretly' Using Facial Recognition a... by DaSHacka on Thursday August 21, 2025 @09:30AM (#44972535)
Hence why this very post is about the method those companies are using to prevent such theft (in this case, facial recognition).
Re:Home Depot Sued for 'Secretly' Using Facial Recognition a... by fluoridation on Thursday August 21, 2025 @09:46AM (#44972735)
This subthread is not about the use of such a technology, but about Home Depot tracking a customer to build a prosecution case over time. So, no, they're not using it to prevent theft, they're using it to punish theft they've allowed.
Re:Home Depot Sued for 'Secretly' Using Facial Recognition a... by DaSHacka on Thursday August 21, 2025 @12:02PM (#44974408)
Potato, potato.

Why should the company prosecuting the thieves be anyone else's problem?

Re:Home Depot Sued for 'Secretly' Using Facial Recognition a... by fluoridation on Thursday August 21, 2025 @12:51PM (#44975029)
Sorry, not sure what you're getting at.
Re:Home Depot Sued for 'Secretly' Using Facial Recognition a... by nobody9999 on Thursday August 21, 2025 @02:43PM (#44976488)
>Why should the company prosecuting the thieves be anyone else's problem?

Because a company isn't the government. The government prosecutes. A company might be an interested bystander, but they don't prosecute anyone.