Finding out the grocery store scans faces with AI and doesn't tell anyone

It feels like a breach of trust when they collect our data without asking or saying why.

4 comments

4 Comments

Ugh, this exact thing happened at my local market. I found out they were doing it from a news article, not from them. I straight up stopped shopping there. I drove a little further to a different store that doesn't use that tech. It's annoying, but it felt like the only real move I had. They won't change unless it hits their bottom line.

john_jenkins1mo ago

And here I was, feeling all noble for boycotting my local grocer over the same thing. My BIG plan lasted until I realized the next store is a twenty minute drive and I'm just lazy. I tried to stick with it, but when I needed milk at 9 PM, I caved HARD. Now I feel like a hypocrite every time I walk in, but my car thanks me for the shorter trips. It's a weird spot where my principles crash into my comfort, and comfort usually wins.

olivia_rivera341mo ago

Pretty much sums it up (principles are the first thing to go when you're tired).

rose_lewis551mo ago

Feel exactly the same way about this face scanning mess. My local store started doing it last year, and I only knew because a friend sent me a link. I was so mad I tried to switch stores, but like @john_jenkins said, the next one is way farther and I keep going back out of habit. It's frustrating because you want to take a stand, but life gets in the way sometimes. Now every time I shop, I wonder what they're doing with my face data, and it creeps me out. We should not have to deal with this sneaky stuff when we're just buying groceries.