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Walmart, Costco and other companies rethink self-checkout, some stores removing them (www.cnn.com)

submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[+] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi -20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I knew I just needed to type my bday on their terminal to get it to sell, so I went n did it lol.

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[+] oldGregg@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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[–] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

It's probably my inexperience with self-checkout speaking, but I would never enter PII into a corporate terminal for the sake of a six-pack.

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[+] oldGregg@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

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[–] fosstulate@iusearchlinux.fyi 0 points 2 years ago*

In my day it was a sight of your ID alone, and only on the cashier's discretion. Which is still the norm today at many retailers. I will never use any POS system that requires ID scanning/PII provision as a default.

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