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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 108 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Mine has had these, but only on locked cabinets, for years.

I don't know if they review 'em tho. Got sick and fucking tired of needing an employee to open the cabinent with the dog treats (most of the time, nobody even comes no matter how long I wait or how many time I press the button for service) so I got my own universal barrel key that opens their cabinets and just take what I need. Sometimes, I even pay for it.

[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 37 points 6 days ago (17 children)

Tell me more about how one procures a universal barrel key.

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[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 23 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Have you ever seen the security room at a Walmart? If you ever thought you weren't on camera in a Walmart, you were. It's like a casino.

That particular camera looks like it is in a locking case, usually for hight theft items. The bizarre thing here is why the extra security on Sugar in the Raw and what looks like maybe Stevia.

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[–] SillyDude@lemmy.zip 55 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I might put on my goin out overalls and check these things out. Ain't my fault I'm a true american with pockets full of wet clay. Takes a pressure washer to get that kind out mud out from under my fingernails.

[–] Archer@lemmy.world 28 points 6 days ago

Let those among us who haven’t accidentally packed our pockets with wet clay cast the first clod

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 9 points 4 days ago

Pretty soon they'll just assign a drone to follow each customer. Well, not EACH customer, that would be weird.

Just the minorities.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 23 points 5 days ago

This is for dynamic pricing

[–] tal@lemmy.today 42 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I mean, that Walmart already is going to have had cameras all over the ceiling for a long time.

I'm a little annoyed by a local sandwich shop having their ordering kiosk


which had a camera added


recognize me and start recommending things based on my prior purchases there.

Now when I order at a kiosk, if I see something that looks like a camera, I put my hand over it.

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 27 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Dude... Are you really oblivious to the difference? These are for facial recognition, eye tracking and surveillance pricing through RFID price tags.

[–] Ghoelian@piefed.social 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The only part of that not really possible with ceiling cameras is eye tracking, you don't need eye-level cameras for the other two.

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[–] Bakkoda@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago

Find the peanut butter aisle. Then make all the aisles peanut butter aisles.

[–] fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com 21 points 5 days ago (8 children)

Walmart shoppers will put up with anything

[–] HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

I mean, yeah.

Wal-Mart caters to people who will buy cheaper things no matter what, whether that's because they're desperate or disinterested in how that impacts their world.

It's like saying NASCAR fans like seeing cars go fast; that's basically the whole point.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Many are in food deserts and have no other choice.

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[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 17 points 5 days ago (1 children)
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[–] QueenFern@lemmy.zip 25 points 6 days ago

Looks like a used gum disposal unit to me

[–] Folstar@lemmus.org 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It must take a lot of compute to have AI review all those cameras and calculate surge pricing. I wonder where they will find it?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 14 points 5 days ago (4 children)

The cost of AI to do all this will be higher than any profits they could possibly make, but the managers who came up with this shot already committed and in the end they can just put that cost on the consumers anyway

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

One man's cost is another man's profit.

At some point, Walmart execs sitting on a pile of NVIDIA stock won't see this as a loss for them. It will just become an excuse to trim spending - on healthcare, on wages, on wholesale costs, on maintenance of their fleets and facilities - everywhere that isn't AI.

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[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 20 points 6 days ago

I know someone directly involved with this work/these changes and Walmart absolutely shares this stuff with law enforcement basically freely

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Never really got the appeal of walmart, they have only had some I wanted maybe twice over the last 20 years.

Oh well, yet another reason to never go there.

[–] some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure how many shop there because it appeals to them

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

only by necessity for me. the next cheapest store is on the other side of town with at leat a couple dozen traffic lights and intersections between us.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

For many smaller towns, it's the store. And for larger towns, it's still a 1-shop stop. If you're busy and need to grab gym shorts, a hammer, groceries, and a new router you can do it all in one place on the way home from.work.

[–] sanitation@lemmy.today 14 points 5 days ago

For many people it's nearest grocery

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (5 children)

Thoroughly illegal in the EU. Luckily Walmart doesn't operate there.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 32 points 6 days ago (3 children)

It wasn't luck. They tried and failed, on account of how many of their normal practices are illegal in the EU.

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[–] EggInDisguise@lemmy.blahaj.zone 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I suddenly feel the need to grab my largest tipped sharpie and a mask and walk around Walmart for the first time in years

[–] turdburglar@piefed.social 26 points 6 days ago

pro-tip: use paint pen.

sharpie comes of with alcohol.

paint comes off with scraping and scratching cheap plastic camera lenses.

[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 14 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Do we have a "boringdystopia" instance on Lemmy yet?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 16 points 6 days ago

Sometimes I pick up a shirt and then decide I don't want it, so I just leave it on any old shelf. I'm not very neat about it, and it might hang over the edge a bit. Oops.

[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (4 children)

People are stealing sugar?

I'm not a scientist or anything, but that seems like really bad news

[–] IzzyScissor@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Oops, my greasy hands just smeared over the lens!

... Whoops, this one too!

[–] sunsofold@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Metal scouring pads are only a few aisles over. Aren't they worried about people being able to so easily reach their expensive equipment?

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[–] SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Funny thing is, the regional grocer in my area has cameras up all over the entrances and parking lot. In my situation, there is less surveillance at Walmart than the “other guy”.

Surge pricing, here we come!

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