If I pick something up from a shelf for one price and it scans as a different price because they changed the tag midway through my shopping trip, isn't that like.. kinda illegal? Like.. we're just allowing this?

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The personalized pricing method is more insidious. Security cameras track you around the store and change prices just for you and again do the person behind you. They know it’s you by facial recognition or by the identifiers in your grocery discount app.

[–] discomatic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And then it does what, at the checkout? Like.. what if I go to a real person?

[–] puppinstuff@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If the computer tracking you around the store can see where you are it can find you in the checkout line and attach the price amounts you saw as you put items in your cart.

It’s creepy and sounds ridiculous but it’s happening in the US.

[–] discomatic@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

No, it doesn't sound ridiculous at all. They've been tracking us with our phones for years already. That's why you get ads for the pizza place across the street from the bank you use.