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 No.1025562>>1025569 >>1025573 >>1025581 >>1025608 >>1025698 >>1025954 [Watch Thread][Show All Posts]

Walgreens is exploring new tech that turns your purchases, your movements, even your gaze, into data.

Walgreens is piloting a new line of “smart coolers”---fridges equipped with cameras that scan shoppers’ faces and make inferences on their age and gender. On January 14, the company announced its first trial at a store in Chicago in January, and plans to equip stores in New York and San Francisco with the tech.

Demographic information is key to retail shopping. Retailers want to know what people are buying, segmenting shoppers by gender, age, and income (to name a few characteristics) and then targeting them precisely. To that end, these smart coolers are a marvel.

If, for example, Pepsi launched an ad campaign targeting young women, it could use smart-cooler data to see if its campaign was working. These machines can draw all kinds of useful inferences: Maybe young men buy more Sprite if it’s displayed next to Mountain Dew. Maybe older women buy more ice cream on Thursday nights than any other day of the week. The tech also has “iris tracking” capabilities, meaning the company can collect data on which displayed items are the most looked at.

Crucially, the “Cooler Screens” system does not use facial recognition. Shoppers aren’t identified when the fridge cameras scan their face. Instead, the cameras analyze faces to make inferences about shoppers’ age and gender. First, the camera takes their picture, which an AI system will measure and analyze, say, the width of someone’s eyes, the distance between their lips and nose, and other micro measurements. From there, the system can estimate if the person who opened the door is, say, a woman in her early 20s or a male in his late 50s. It’s analysis, not recognition.

The distinction between the two is very important. In Illinois, facial recognition in public is outlawed under BIPA, the Biometric Privacy Act. For two years, Google and Facebook fought class-actions suits filed under the law, after plaintiffs claimed the companies obtained their facial data without their consent. Home-security cams with facial-recognition abilities, such as Nest or Amazon’s Ring, also have those features disabled in the state; even Google’s viral “art selfie” app is banned. The suit against Facebook was dismissed in January, but privacy advocates champion BIPA as a would-be template for a world where facial recognition is federally regulated.

Walgreens’s camera system makes note only of what shoppers picked up and basic information on their age and gender. Last year, a Canadian mall used cameras to track shoppers and make inferences about which demographics prefer which stores. Shoppers’ identities weren’t collected or stored, but the mall ended the pilot after widespread backlash.

The smart cooler is just one of dozens of tracking technologies emerging in retail. At Amazon Go stores, for example---which do not have cashiers or self-checkout stations—sensors make note of shoppers’ purchases and charge them to their Amazon account; the resulting data are part of the feedback loop the company uses to target ads at customers, making it more money.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/walgreens-tests-new-smart-coolers/581248/

 No.1025565>>1025569 >>1025627

People should stop drinking that poison anyway, you will feel better.


 No.1025567>>1025573 >>1025593 >>1025600 >>1025670

I no longer want to participate in this society and would be better off leaving it altogether before ((they)) make mind reading beacons to detect wrong-think so I was debating whether if I should gather as much as books as I can and move to the countryside. Buying and transporting thousands of books will be costly though so I was also thinking about buying a Kindle and storing all my books in there. But then there is the risk of Kindle breaking down.

What do you guys think? Is there a better way I can escape this hell?


 No.1025569>>1025573

>>1025562 (OP)

>It’s analysis, not recognition.

What did they mean by this?

>>1025565

True, but it's not as much about the soda as being only a matter of time before there's a smart refrigerator in every single aisle feeding data to hundreds of food company's amazon rekognition AI. And do you really think a supermarket or convenience store is a prime example of secure computing? Anyone including food company spooks or glow niggers could access any of them whenever they wanted.


 No.1025570>>1025588

>machine assumes gender

<company gets bankrupt because machines they make are transphobic and thus illegal to use

>machine recognizes a black male in his early 20s

<goes into lockdown mode to prevent theft

>machine recognizes distinct nasal features of jewish male in his 50s

<door opens as machine mistakes the person for its owner


 No.1025573>>1025575 >>1026019 >>1026060

>>1025569

>>1025562 (OP)

It is due to this news that we no longer have any means to fight back against our Jewish overlords. It is clearer than ever that we have lost and have no choice but to surrender. It's all over for us. We are done.

>yfw blackpillfag was completely right

>>1025567

>What do you guys think? Is there a better way I can escape this hell?

Suicide is the only way you will be able to escape. We lost. (((They))) won. An eternity of darkness awaits us.


 No.1025574>>1025576

>they don't shop at local retailers

My sides


 No.1025575>>1025580

>>1025573

Blackpillbot your opinion was noted but pls dont shit up my thread thanks


 No.1025576>>1026019 >>1026059 >>1026060

>>1025574

Those aren't safe either. In as soon as one year, (((they))) will have their tendrils in everything. There is nothing you can do about this. Dystopia is forever.


 No.1025580>>1025671

>>1025575

Not a bot, just someone who actually listened when /tech/ users said to abandon all hope.


 No.1025581>>1025585 >>1025924

>>1025562 (OP)

> Retailers want to know what people are buying, segmenting shoppers by gender, age, and income (to name a few characteristics) and then targeting them precisely.

Target for what? Is the local supermarket going to send me ads to my mail or what? Bullshit. They just want to collect data because they can and storage is cheap as fuck. People should just put electric tape over the cameras in protest every time they go shopping. Or even better, stickers that are a bitch to remove without leaving residue.


 No.1025584

>a woman in her early 20s or a male in his late 50s

>a woman

>a male

These faggot journalists at the Atlantic can't even use the word "man" anymore.


 No.1025585>>1026019 >>1026060

>>1025581

>They just want to collect data because they can and storage is cheap as fuck.

Precisely why (((they))) will win in the end.

>People should just put electric tape over the cameras in protest every time they go shopping

Nobody will do this. Protest is a pipe dream. Conformity is eternal now. It's all over for us.


 No.1025588

>>1025570

>machine recognizes shlomo

<25% discount, flash the lights a few times and play hava nagila

>machine recognizes filthy goy

<25% price increase (the smart fridge changes the smart price tag before the increase is perceptible)

>machine recognizes nigger

<door locks and EBT mode activates, only unlocks after user has pointed to their selection and paid


 No.1025592

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The target audience for soda drinks are niggers. They're going to love this, because any time they see a camera, it becomes their opportunity to become famous.

Vid related. Look how the white people react versus the nog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYSVTv7btqg

You'll never win an anti-botnet privacy argument against a nigger. All of their details are online, and most are raised by government funds anyways.


 No.1025593

>>1025567

Download the Libgen archive with torrents, store it in duplicate with one copy in a sealed lead box to increase chances of survivng an atmospheric EMP. If one hard drive fails find a way to venture back into society to get a new one to keep it backed up if you can.


 No.1025597>>1025601

We fucking surrender. It's all over. Jews are Gods now.


 No.1025600>>1025604 >>1025866

>>1025567

>I no longer want to participate in this society

Society is what allows you reliable access to water and food, also whats enforces laws against theft and murder.

You need to take care of a lot of things by yourself if you plan to distance yourself from society, and you won't be able to escape fully.


 No.1025601

>>1025597

If you don't fuck off.... I'm gonna report you.... To the jannies...


 No.1025604>>1025605 >>1026019 >>1026060

>>1025600

Indeed. At this point, there is absolutely no escape. We have lost. (((They))) have won forever. The dystopia is inevitable, and eternal.


 No.1025605>>1025609

>>1025604

The only thing left is to negotiate our surrender.


 No.1025608>>1025621

>>1025562 (OP)

Fuck them. My fridge (Bauknecht) is running since the early 90s, and I only had to change the transformer on one occasion and the gasket on another.


 No.1025609>>1025660

>>1025605

Read the protocols. They want every race destroyed and a planet for themselves. No negotiation out of this, buddy. It's us or them.


 No.1025612>>1025622

I hope people vandalize this shit.


 No.1025619>>1025622 >>1025652

Reminder

Leftists are okay with this as long as they get to keep their sexual liberation, get UBI, and are give n free healthcare/housing.


 No.1025621>>1025632

>>1025608

I seriously hope you top off the gas every once in a while


 No.1025622>>1026019 >>1026060

>>1025612

Nobody will. There will never be any pushback against this for as long as we live.

>>1025619

And leftists control us. They will call the shots and will totally permit this. We have laready lost the fight. (((They))) always win.


 No.1025627>>1025629

>won't store personally identifiable data

Bullshit. How long til law enforcement says this is an important method to catch criminals, by identifying them at the store when they're trying to buy a drink?

>>1025565

Yeah but soon it won't be just soda.


 No.1025629>>1025633

>>1025627

You're right, but it doesn't really matter anymore. They will spread this tech all over the world in 2 years, and everyone but us will celebrate. We have lost, and we will have to deal with that loss our whole lives. There will no longer be any fighting back. There will no longer be any freedom. It's all over for us.


 No.1025632>>1025639

>>1025621

Deutsche Qualität. Of course I have an entire autistic maintenance plan for every electronic and mechanical gadget in my household.


 No.1025633

>>1025629

If the war is lost then why are you hanging around just complaining? Why not off yourself or just be a hedonist if you're so sure there's no hope?


 No.1025639>>1025642

>>1025632

Don't forget the compressor lube


 No.1025642>>1025646

>>1025639

Dude, I'm the guy you invite to your barbecue party, who then spontaneously wipes out a can of WD-40 because your veranda door made a squeaky sound...of course I refresh lubricant in regular intervals.


 No.1025646>>1025654 >>1025659

>>1025642

>he uses a water displacer as a lubricant

Please only put refrigeration oil inside your compressor


 No.1025652>>1026019 >>1026060

>>1025619

>Leftists are okay with this as long as they get to keep their sexual liberation, get UBI, and are give n free healthcare/housing.

So basically, everyone but us 10-20 autists will accept it with open arms. We're fucking done. (((They))) win again. (((They))) always win.


 No.1025654

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>>1025646

But I do.


 No.1025659>>1025667

>>1025646

You're not supposed to use WD-40 as lubricant? What are you supposed to use?


 No.1025660>>1025664

>>1025609

good goy, keep shilling a fake book


 No.1025664>>1025863

>>1025660

>fake book

I love how you jews always jump on the "it's debunked" response when the protocols come up. Thing is...it doesn't matter who wrote it under what pretense. What matters is that it was written over a hundred years ago and that it point for point described the future more accurately than every scientist or your jewish nutjob Nostradamus ever did. Or in short; don't shoot the messenger, shoot the message...if you can.


 No.1025667>>1025668

>>1025659

Depends on the application. For a door hinge, you should apply something like a moly grease applied to the contact surfaces after unhinging the door.


 No.1025668>>1025672

>>1025667

I use WD-40 twice a year on my doors without unhinging them and never had any rust, sticky problems, moldy wood or squeaky noises. And it takes like 30 seconds.


 No.1025670

>>1025567

Like I always say in these kind of threads: stop being a consumerist faggot, save a lot of money and buy land to live uncle Ted-like.


 No.1025671

>>1025580

>not a bot

>programmed by others

Choose one and only one, machine.


 No.1025672>>1025675

>>1025668

Try moly grease next time


 No.1025675>>1025680 >>1025689

>>1025672

Why tho? Longevity? Btw I also use WD-40 outside on my barn doors, seasonally and also without unhinging. Never had any problems for over a decade. Sell me on grease, anon.


 No.1025678>>1025688 >>1025691 >>1025721 >>1025890

>take self driving car to smart store

>check in at weighing station

>step on smart scale and retina scanner to verify your weight and identity

>scan ipad screen with digital coupons generated based on your 'weight based recommendations' and shopper history

>earn social credit differential based on your 'dwell time' in the store, ie if you are wandering around you are costing the company's monitoring resources at a higher rate than faster shoppers

>social credit will decrease if you buy meat, or alcohol, and increases if you only buy tofu and sugary cereal with cartoons on the box

>genetic analysis and retina-correlation based advertisements everywhere, earn positive credit for viewing them

>store only stocks one display model, and/or shows a digital picture frame with a picture of the product and price in case of perishables such as meat, and you push a button to have it delivered to your home address with delivery drones

>head over to the smart scooter charging station, leave kids in the 'fortnite cage'

>mount smart scooter, plug in phone, enter credit card information and social security number

>agree to terms and conditions to pay based on mileage, wheel-wear and other mechanical cost factors as well as electricity consumption

>opt-in to the smart scooter's third party insurance policy in case of accident ($5)

>agree to store's code of conduct and gender fluidity policy

>sign in with google/facebook

>fasten smart scooter's seat belt

>ready to shop at last

>subway ad plays and asks if you would like a pre-flight meal

>tablet mounted to the handlebars scans your retina and face, and makes 'analytical recommendations' based on your 'customer type', and shows a map of the store

>asks if you would like it to drive you around the store based on the shortest path between items from an infinite list of recommended items (gratis), or would prefer manual control ($20 flat fee)

>advertisements play as you automatically scoot from item to item, based on recommendations of a) items placed into the basket since store entry and b) previous shopping and social media insights

>play angry birds between ads or opt into the feature film on the smart scooter's screen as it drives you from item to item

>finish shopping, return smart cart, go home, wait 3-4 days for delivery


 No.1025680

>>1025675

It's more durable, and when it gets used up the hinge won't squeak, it will just make more resistance.

Obviously, if you decide to change over, give the hinges a thorough cleaning and apply new washers.


 No.1025688

>>1025678

This is the only future we are going to be living in. Ignore anyone who says otherwise. SV kikes win forever.


 No.1025689>>1025690

>>1025675

I've worked on several firearms that were gummed up beyond usability from WD-40 buildup. If it sits long enough for the volatiles to evaporate off this happens. It's a water displacer, it displaces water. Wasn't designed to lubricate and if it does it's just a happy accident. It's great for preventing corrosion though as it was designed to do.


 No.1025690

>>1025689

>I've worked on several firearms that were gummed up beyond usability from WD-40 buildup

Just dunk'em into Ameroid DC lol


 No.1025691>>1025693

>>1025678

Are the children delivered from the fortnite cage in 3-4 days also?

great satire


 No.1025693

>>1025691

>great satire

Indeed. Very accurate, too. There will be no other future for us, the powers that be have claimed this world to themselves indefinitely, and they will never be stopped. Anyone who disagrees needs to go back.


 No.1025698

>>1025562 (OP)

Did that transphobic shitlord cooler just gender me?


 No.1025708>>1025713

>Maybe young men buy more Sprite if it’s displayed next to Mountain Dew.

Someone please think of the Dew. Not everybody can sell the most soda from every given cooler. They must use another variable like the popularity by geographical location. This is somebody's job. Finding the geo-optimal soda pop flux rate by latitudinal and longitudinal sales volume and cooler configurations using copy pasted AI libraries in python. Truly, we are making leaps and bounds as a fully integrated cloud connected society.


 No.1025710>>1025711

Get your bulk tendies and never look back.


 No.1025711

>>1025710

Gligar, don't you have some dragon dildoes to order?


 No.1025713

>>1025708

They already do collect data on best selling sodas by region in order to target advertising campaigns, but yeah the fact that this is what nascent facial recognition software is being used for is pretty clown world.


 No.1025721

>>1025678

>opt-in

sounds like a better dystopia then the one were living in tbh


 No.1025846

This sounds like a potential /POL/ op involving people mooning and/or flipping off soda coolers a Failgreens.


 No.1025863

>>1025664

>buy my book goy, who cares if it's a scam


 No.1025866>>1026023

>>1025600

> also whats enforces laws against theft and murder.

>he thinks these laws are enforced on niggers

the only thing protecting any white person from theft and murder is a gun in hand, prove me wrong

you can't


 No.1025887

someone needs to kill the people that program these things


 No.1025890>>1025996

>>1025678

Goddamnit. This sounds ten times worse than the xbone grinding a probe up your ass to check your privilege.


 No.1025924>>1025941

>>1025581

>Target for what? Is the local supermarket going to send me ads to my mail or what? Bullshit.

Stores and markets always send catalogs and etc in the mail.


 No.1025941>>1026025

>>1025924

They don’t fucking send me anything. I once forgot to check my mailbox for a month. I checked it and found there wasn’t anything there anyway.


 No.1025954>>1025996

>>1025562 (OP)

>Time to never leave the house again

It's what I've been doing for more than a year. Going outside is intolerable, I just can't do it, so I don't. It's that or suicide, I guess. I don't drink any of that crap, though.


 No.1025996>>1026000

>>1025890

And it's what's going to happen. There is nothing you can do to stop it. Everyone knows that. We surrender the future to our jewish overlords.

>>1025954

>It's that or suicide, I guess

This. We have no other choice. We should have listened.


 No.1026000

>>1025996

You are the only one saying that.


 No.1026019

>>1025652

>>1025622

>>1025604

>>1025585

>>1025576

>>1025573

We get the point faggot, stop replying to every post with the same sentences.


 No.1026023

>>1025866

>prove me wrong

Simple, are all niggers you see trying to kill you, or even steal your stuff?

Nope, because they understand that would go poorly for them, and they understand that because there's a society that protects its members.

If you go in a society-less place, something like Liberia when it was founded, you will notice the difference immediately.


 No.1026025

>>1025941

There's something called saturation mailing. They can pay the post office to basically send a catalog to every residential address in a zip code. In fact that's one of the ways in which USPS supports itself now.

I also get a lot of shit due to bugmen who lived at my place before me probably just giving their info to anyone who asks. If it's in their name I can return it as wrong address and that usually stops the catalogs from that company, but most of them are smart enough to say "current resident".

It's mostly catalogs for stores I would never go to because there's closer ones that everybody uses that are a million times better. Why do they bother collecting all this info if they still utterly fail to deliver me any relevant marketing? Maybe the real meta here is to figure out the least targeted demographic and do everything you can to pass as that.


 No.1026057

>Walgreens is piloting a new line of “smart coolers”---fridges equipped with cameras that scan shoppers’ faces and make inferences [based] on their age and gender [and physical features and clothing].

>walk to store up to cooler to pull out a coke (the only reason i went in the grocer)

>KONICHIWA

>entire GUI becomes covered in lolis and pokemonz

>lolishit Chest Flattener starts playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Uizb8feoVg

>DESU DESU DESU DESU B-BAKA H-H-HHENTAI!!

>strange looks from other people in the store

>spaghetti falls out of pocket, etc


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>>1025576

> Dystopia is forever.

Duh, he's the /b/ mod.


 No.1026060

>>1025652

>>1025622

>>1025604

>>1025585

>>1025576

>>1025573 (and possibly others)

die (((jew))). die.

(((kikes))) are dead forever. We Are Free. We NEVER fall for (((kike))) lies.


 No.1026920

>>1026059 I really wanna rape her! Little girls always make me excited sexually!




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