Just over half of Amazon Fresh stores are equipped with Just Walk Out. The technology allows customers to skip checkout altogether by scanning a QR code when they enter the store. Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped.
It does seem like an easy way to do this is just get your buddy to shine a laser pointer at the camera while you grab the stuff.
Any given shelf is generally visible by like 6-8 cameras.
Oh, I see. That’s fucked. Over here stores have like…3 cameras total? Giver or take? Positioned in a way that multiple aisles are covered by a single camera. We don’t really have a lot of fearmongering about shoplifting though.
It’s not really about shoplifting, the cameras are a core component of the system, and if they could use fewer they would. Say what you will about the concept, but the cameras themselves aren’t really the insidious part, in my opinion.