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Someone Built an App to Fight Surveillance Pricing With a Flipper Zero… for Research Purposes (gizmodo.com)

submitted 6 days ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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Electronic shelf labels are surprisingly easy to hack.

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[–] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In Canada if the price is higher on the shelf than the till it's $10 off or free in many stores.

https://www.retailcouncil.org/scanner-price-accuracy-code/scanner-price-accuracy-code-frequently-asked-questions-by-consumers/

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago

If you change only the price and keep the same barcode, editing the e-tag will almost certainly work, but it's the other way around.

Just set the item to be a buck or two lower and when it scans you just say that it was less than that where you grabbed it from. They will probably call someone to go bring the tag and a supervisor will key in to change the item price and subtract the price up to a maximum of $10 off the tag price. This was a loblaw example because rob loblaw month is every month, but the specific way it shows up on receipt may vary across different companies.