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The surveilled society: Who is watching you and how

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199 points billybuckwheat | 1 comments | 11 Aug 24 00:20 UTC | HN request time: 0.227s | source
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hammock ◴[11 Aug 24 02:07 UTC] No.41213541[source]▶
Add the credit card readers/POS tablets at stores, Starbucks, etc to that list, which mostly have tiny cell phone cameras built into them now (whether you knew it or not)
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eddyg ◴[11 Aug 24 03:21 UTC] No.41213789[source]▶
As far as I know, these are used for scanning various types of coupon codes and vouchers.
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01HNNWZ0MV43FF ◴[11 Aug 24 03:32 UTC] No.41213814[source]▶
Mere software difference
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metadat ◴[11 Aug 24 03:38 UTC] No.41213832[source]▶
How else should it be implemented?
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1. vermilingua ◴[11 Aug 24 05:30 UTC] No.41214168[source]▶
NFC. We have NFC tags embedded in single use tickets for travel and events, the cost is marginal and most of the uses relevant to card readers could reuse cards.