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Walmart Is Putting Digital Labels That Change Prices Instantly on Every Store Shelf in America (www.inc.com)

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[–] technomage@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago

Yeah, there's definitely ways of tracking people even today. I just don't really see it working at scale without the customer actively doing something to "opt in" to that kind of tracking system, like loyalty cards, connecting to the wifi, etc. Mind you, I'm just some nerd, so I could be wrong/missing something, but yeah lol