[duaoebg]

I wonder if it’s inevitable that we will get denial of entry based facial recognition systems. It’s legally difficult to stop people from leaving the store whereas it’ll be much easier to prevent them from entering.

If someone shoplifts then they get banned from the chain, or a network of chains. This would be an alternative to police involvement. Restitution could be done proportionality and privately.

Of course there will be issues with it but I’m sure it could be cheaper to figure this out than the alternative loss prevention solutions.

[TheJoeMan]

From a profit motivation, Rite-Aid (and everyone else) would really like everyone to give them money instead of banning them forever. So I really feel the market will sort this out, maybe a 3 strike system or temporary suspensions.

Now that I think about it, we already have temporary suspensions from Walmart and the like if you get caught. How is this different than a guard just watching the CCTV all day?

[kstenerud]

It will happen, and it will become a constitutional issue once it becomes ubiquitous enough.

These systems will likely be networked together, building and sharing profiles on known undesirables such that they can be banned from most, if not all stores eventually. Once that happens, there will be a class of people who cannot legally buy food anymore, because to enter a store would be trespass.

[potta_coffee]

Instead they ought to just send you an invoice for the items you borrow. If the invoice goes unpaid, it can eventually be sent to collections.

[hrhrhrd]

I can imagine the headline now. "Rite-aid banned me because I "look like a shoplifter"".

[wasdfff]

Shoplifts could just wear a face mask and sunglasses.