And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.
3.1 million cashiers are not going to like this.
Retail Loss Prevention guys are gonna LOVE this...NOT!
Inb4systemhackedaccountempty.
Sounds like it basically works like a tollbooth.
The only problem is can somebody basically shield an item from the reader, so it doesn’t pick up the purchase.
Security/law enforcement workers are gonna love it. Lots of jobs to catch people coming out of stores without credit/debit cards. Or maybe exits will be fitted with the jaws of death.
Yeah great, this way the produce folks can ensure you get the rotten stuff first!
No more looking for the latest expiration date on milk jugs?
Surprise! You get the dinged can!
Here’s your steak, with the one inch strip of fat down the center!
You gotta credit Amazon with thinking outside the box.
And more people will “self register” into massive databases. Along with the genealogy hunters, the DNA testers (does “where do I come from?” really matter THAT much?), the coupon and store app users with fine location, and anyone using a “cloud” (ptui) anything.
Anyone who found the chips of “Demolition Man,” or the retina readers of “Minority Report” disconcerting, surely would not use any of these self-registering processes...
tinfoil rant completed.....
KYPD
Lightfingered Louie won’t need this app. He’ll just carry on as before.
Yet, here we are, ten years and a new generation later, and negative public perception is changing. Won't be long now. Accept the mark, er, the chip, or you WON'T be able to work, buy food, etc.
Unless this thing has a way of issuing a receipt to go with the item, I can’t see how it would work, nor as a shopper would I necessarily want it (in the case of desiring a credit, refund, or exchange).
Interesting that this is Seattle with a $15 minimum wage.
If I’m reading this right, it assumes that each shopper is shopping by themselves, and therefore has one app-enabled phone per shopper to track purchases with.
What happens if a family is shopping? Or a group of friends with only one phone to open the door with? If someone enters by following another person through the door instead of using their own smartphone, can they leave without being tracked?
I recall an IBM commercial from ten or fifteen years ago touting such a system in a clean, brightly lit grocery store. A young, scruffy looking guy in a trench coat roams the aisles stuffing items into his coat, all the while getting disapproving looks from a well-dressed older woman with a shopping cart. As the young man moves toward the exit, an older security guard stops him, saying, “Your receipt, sir.”
Your link turned me on to Amazon's new line of doormats and dog mats.