Re:RedLaser ― Impossibly accurate barcode scanning
by amackera on Friday November 06, 2009 @01:17PM
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I don't know how the iPhone apps like this work, but the Barcode Scanner for Android doesn't take a picture. You just hover your camera over the barcode and it figures it out from the preview.
I suppose it's technically taking a picture, but you could argue that you're not pressing the camera button, so you're not really taking a picture.
Re:RedLaser ― Impossibly accurate barcode scanning
by malaxeur on Friday November 06, 2009 @02:02PM
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It doesn't take a picture. The RedLaser SDK uses an underground API to access the camera's video frames, which is technically not allowed but overlooked for RedLaser?
Re:RedLaser ― Impossibly accurate barcode scanning
by jrockway on Friday November 06, 2009 @12:47PM
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I took it anyway
That is the correct way to deal with the situation. If they ask you to leave, just buy whatever you were in the store for at half the price at Amazon. You don't need them, they need you.
How?
Many retailers do not allow pictures to be taken in their stores, something that is very loosely enforced, but is enforced nonetheless.
One time I needed to take a pic of the description of a product in Home Depot so I wouldn't forget. Told the associate that and he said we don't allow pictures in our store, regardless of the reason. -- I took it anyway ;)
Now, with everything else facing retailers, especially the cost of payroll, I doubt they will fight too hard, but don't be surprised if it comes up in their training of employees more often and encourage those employees to enforce it more often.