The self-serve is frustrating,but it’s not the biggest supermarket privacy concern
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The self-serve is frustrating,but it’s not the biggest supermarket privacy concern

The cold,constant scrutiny of the self-serve sensors is uncomfortable,but does it increase the amount of data collection and surveillance at the supermarket?

  • byTim Biggs

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The trouble with transparency when it comes to AI
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The trouble with transparency when it comes to AI

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New privacy law gives shelter and unintended consequences

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Spanish schoolgirls hit with AI-generated deepfake nude photos

Spanish schoolgirls hit with AI-generated deepfake nude photos

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Stat dec signatures to go the way of the wax seal after digital approval

Stat dec signatures to go the way of the wax seal after digital approval

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Up to 70 cameras watch you buy groceries. What happens to that footage?

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