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deusofnull ◴[] No.13106836[source]
What happens if someone sneaks into the store without an amazon account and walks right the hell out with whatever they want? Not a criticism, just curious what we speculate the theft prevention systems used here might be.
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ncallaway ◴[] No.13106941[source]
> What happens if someone sneaks into the store without an amazon account and walks right the hell out with whatever they want?

This is also a perennial concern at any tradition grocery store as well. Presumably, in a system that operates primary off of computer vision, you would:

A) Be able to quickly detect an unrecognized person in the store and alert security, and

B) Have very good video evidence of the person committing the shop-lifting to provide to police.

It sounds like they actually end up in a better position relative to a tradition grocery store from a security perspective.

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1. deckar01 ◴[] No.13107845[source]
"On the charges of shoplifting from Amazon Go, you have been found guilty. You are hereby sentenced to 3 years of Amazon Prime membership."