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If everyone has a key, what's the point of locking the products? Maybe next they'll have public mag keys available at the entrance?
The point is they know from your app login who opened which case when, so if shit goes missing, they'll know who stole it. That's the point.
There's no timestamp for when things go missing, though.
I guess if they discover shrink, they'll have a log of when it was accessed, and could cross reference camera footage, then track down the account and blacklist it or prosecute... no loss prevention is going to do all this lol.
I can’t wait until store shelves are set up like those janky pressure sensitive hotel minibars
there are regular inventories, and most likely smart cases with time recording on tap (most even low digit inventory is rfid chipped these days, so even if it doesn't set off an alarm when taken out of the store, that shit is being recorded when it triggers)
Genuine question, do I need to show an ID to make a CVS account? Use a real name? How could they reliably link the digital account to a person?
yeah i dunno the ins and outs of that, but the app most likely reports on your devices iemi, so regardless of what throwaway email address you use to sign up, if you bought that device, the cell company has your deets, also if they're making you connect to the cvs wifi, then their router will have that devices MAC address, and most like grab it's iemi information as well
They probably just ask for your name and link it to the info they already have about you
If you fill a prescription or use a credit card, that's a very solid link to your identity. The app also probably is collecting all the data it can on you to resell, most of which can be used to fingerprint you through a data broker
They might also require an ID, but all of it is probably more an intimation tactic and stunt for investors than anything else
No way I'd install their app though
My pixel has what's called a "private" profile. It allows you to tie a different Google account to the apps downloaded to that profile.
So I would install the CVS app on that profile, find public credentials for the app (or create one with and then publish them). Use the app to unlock the shelf. Leave it open or unshelf everything.
Or just don't shop there.