Kmart's use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud unlawful

Re:Kmart's use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud ... by eej71 on Monday September 22, 2025 @08:46AM (#45332657)

My other favorite example of this is the A&W Restaurants which in the states was a bit more of a fast food establishment. It was never that successful, but you'd see them every so often. Gone now in the states, but I believe its Canadian successor is still going strong.

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Re:Kmart's use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud ... by natebc on Monday September 22, 2025 @08:52AM (#45332735)

There's still quite a few A&W restaurants around in the US though they are rareish.

https://awrestaurants.com/locations-list/

400+ according to their wikipedia entry.

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Re:Kmart's use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud ... by bombcar on Monday September 22, 2025 @10:37AM (#45334083)

A&W is exceptionally rural now, and I'm not 100% sure why - it's a weird combination of fast food (drive thru) + waitress/sit down ordering that doesn't really exist anywhere else (kind of how there are a few carhop/drive UP restaurants that still exist).

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Re:Kmart's use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud ... by Washuu on Monday September 22, 2025 @10:25AM (#45333918)

There are bunch of A&W restaurants in Okinawa as well and as far as I know, it's popular.

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Re:Kmart's use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud ... by lupusreal on Monday September 22, 2025 @09:36AM (#45333302)

The Canadian A&Ws are very good as far as fast food burger joints go. The American version is quite shitty though, last time I saw one years ago.

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Re:Kmart's use of facial recognition to tackle refund fraud ... by jasona123 on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @12:22AM (#45342823)

Canadian A&W is expensive though - like "only really go for a treat" expensive. Made McDicks somehow more reasonable.

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