Just over half of Amazon Fresh stores are equipped with Just Walk Out. The technology allows customers to skip checkout altogether by scanning a QR code when they enter the store. Though it seemed completely automated, Just Walk Out relied on more than 1,000 people in India watching and labeling videos to ensure accurate checkouts. The cashiers were simply moved off-site, and they watched you as you shopped.

  • JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]
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    9 months ago

    I'm assuming these cameras all have to be wired, right? If they were wifi, a concentrated deauth attack could take the whole store down.

    • nationalize_amazon [comrade/them]
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      9 months ago

      Yeah they're wired, larger grocery stores were kind of a problem because they need up to like 10gbps connection, which is pretty abnormal for a grocery store. Because yes, almost all of the video is processed in the cloud, although they are trying to shift more of it to processing on devices in the stores.