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		hanniabu on July 28, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Rite Aid deployed facial recognition systems in hu... > But RITE AID? What the hell, a fucking pharmacy? It all revolves around profit maximization. Late stage capitalism will be the downfall of many countries.

dilandau on July 28, 2020 [–]

I think it's a factor of these systems being cheap. Cheap software, cheap cameras, cheap storage, cheap compute. It's a shame we don't have a better use for all that stuff.

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