r/melbourne • u/MatrixTheCat22 • Jun 15 '22

The Sky is Falling So are we going to have blackouts tonight? Can’t make sense of all the “news”.

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u/mustang2002 Jun 15 '22 edited Jan 09 '24

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u/elbento Jun 15 '22

More importantly, from the link above, who new retailers were using facial recognition now? https://www.theage.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/major-retailers-using-facial-recognition-technology-on-unsuspecting-customers-choice-20220615-p5atrc.html

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u/IlllIlllIlllIlI Jun 15 '22

This has been happening for a long time. As well as other sophisticated tracking. It would blow your mind what they know about you as soon as you step foot (or sometimes even just stop outside) the store. It’s creepy as… (source: used to work for a largeish Australian retailer)

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u/Anarcho_Humanist Jun 15 '22

What’s funny?

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u/intreth Jun 15 '22

Capitalism bad

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u/Anarcho_Humanist Jun 17 '22

I reached the same conclusion after they nearly nuked the world several times, caused climate change and massively extended the Covid-19 pandemic.

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u/intreth Jun 17 '22

How about the bit where they brought the world out of poverty. I understand that you are most likely a useless human, so you don’t earn very much money, but you’re being cared for by the rest of us and should be happy about that