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My local walmart now has cameras getting your face at self checkout. I cover it with a bag before using checkout

Your local Walmart has your face on camera dozens of times before you get to checkout. If you don't want Walmart storing images of your face, shop elsewhere.

If it bothers you so much, why not just use the regular checkout? Or just shop somewhere else? Do you cover their security cameras all around the store with bags or just the self-checkout one?

This seems a really odd place to draw the line on surveillance.

I've noticed that some stores put cameras behind cashiers such that they point at both the cashier and the customer.

A lot of these cameras are intended to primarily capture the cashier, to prevent them from stealing cash from the till.

Only one clerk per store typically. 10+ self checkout lanes.

What’s the beef with my choice?

> What’s the beef with my choice?

It just seems odd that they've captured your face walking in and all over the store with their other cameras, but then you choose to cover the camera at the checkout. Why? What do you hope to gain/prevent by doing that? Why are you risking getting in trouble?

Why is that one camera where you draw the line?

IMHO this is smart. They're training ML models using this data (and it feels intrusive to me) and one might assume this is higher quality than the cameras scattered about the store at odd angles.

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