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“Microsoft to install facial-recognition technology in stores, which could be used to identify individual customers: When a shopper approaches the shelf, she would see a price calibrated specifically for her. The next shopper might pay a different amount based on their profile. Retailers could use shopper data to charge higher prices to those who can afford to pay more.”

thenation.com/article/society/

It’s OK, if you don’t like it, you can just simply not buy food.

#surveillance #capitalism #microsoft #BigTech #dystopia

Via @ErickaSimone & @broadwaybabyto

The Nation · Automation in Retail Is Even Worse Than You ThoughtNew technology is not just making shopping more challenging for workers and consumers—it’s poised to rip off the most vulnerable.

@aral

Something tells me this will be used to chatge black people more and keep them out of the stores.

@JennyList @aral while using “AI did it” for plausible deniability… “how did that happen?”

@kevred @JennyList I’m not even sure plausible deniability is high on their list at the moment; they’re very much saying the quiet parts out loud.

Ericka Simone

@aral @kevred @JennyList
*Narrator Voice*
They were ALWAYS saying the quiet part out loud.