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Amazon made a new version of its cashierless tech that doesn’t need cameras (www.theverge.com)
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[–] httpjames@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The system is pretty straightforward: each item, in this case mostly clothing, gets an RFID tag that looks like a normal clothing tag. Customers come into the store, pick out what they want, and walk through an “exit gate” that scans the tags and tallies up the bill.

RFID protected bags 🔥🔥🔥

[–] ciferecaNinjo@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Note as well sometimes these scanners miss things even when not abused. E.g. I checked out at a sporting goods store where you dump all your purchases in a box which is then scanned. Got home and noticed I was not charged for a bicycle lock. It had its packaging but I wonder if someone inadvertenly bent the rfid chip somehow.

We’ll probably see people walking around Amazon shops bending the rfIDs back and forth as they shop to see if they can kill the tag. Some thieves will probably carry around hole punchers as well.