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They can’t even reliably scan a QR code, how can they pull that off with 100% accuracy?
To be fair the bagging area issue is usually caused by a bad configuration, and usually weight based, not camera recognition.
Different stores setup those systems with varying parameters, some are so strict that just regular product variances go outside their limits.
I think the lesson to be learned is that everything works in the demo (except when it doesn’t), but when it’s deployed to thousands of sites by the cheapest contractors, operated by untrained and unmotivated personnel, and not calibrated or maintained over its lifetime… the reliability goes down a bit.
This also means people wouldn't be able to travel with cheap burner phones, which is extremely problematic for people who need to travel to and from increasingly authoritarian states.
It also means you are required to travel with a phone. Some people don't own a cell phone because they don't want one, need one, or can't afford one.
Is there a lot of overlap between people who can't afford a cellphone and are taking flights?
Not a lot, maybe, but in cases where someone else is paying for the flight, there may be some. And there are a fair number of older people who may be able to afford the plane ticket, but carry a dumb flip phone because that's what they understand and can operate.
Yeah anyone who travels with children.
That is funny.
Pshaw! Who wouldn't want an expensive personal tracking and monitoring device?!
I think that's a feature, not a bug.
Oh it absolutely is
TSA in the States has already pulled it off. they use sources they already have like your current and past passport and ID photos for verification and do not store the pic they take when crossing TSA. that's what the signs say at least. I guess it's good enough for them already..
Yeaaah iirc they will forever keep the fingerprints of anyone that wants to enter the USA