pay in cash and wear a full mask and sunglasses. they've really dialed up the number of cameras nowadays (at walmart at least) so you have to be careful.
act natural about it and do it in ways with plausible deniability or that add confusion;
as you put bags back in the cart, accidentally cover up items.
try to sync up with other people scanning nearby so you can mistake their beep for yours
leave dogfood/litter/milk/whatever underneath the cart and forget to scan it
basically do stuff in a way that either isn't visible to the plethora of cameras or isn't incriminating if it is visible to the cameras. and do it anonymously so they can't keep a file of you.
Do "they" actually keep a file on you? I feel like the industry is streched too thin by the markets to justify some manager investigating the shoplifters, at least in Europe once you're out of the gate you have nothing to worry about
I don't know for certain but I've heard of places doing so. As with everything in the panopticon, safest to assume someone is watching, at least when it comes to low-effort things like wearing a facemask everywhere.
Target does. They're notorious for letting you steal stuff until you trigger the felony theft laws then prosecuting you as hard as they can. That's part of the reason the target in Minneapolis was burned during the uprising - It was a test store for their security apparatus and people hated them.
Worked at a store that didn't really have a file but if the theft was of a high enough dollar amount or consistently seemed to happen around the time of a specific customer in the area, photos from the cameras would be handed around to employees to "keep an eye out for" this person while they were in the store.
pay in cash and wear a full mask and sunglasses. they've really dialed up the number of cameras nowadays (at walmart at least) so you have to be careful.
act natural about it and do it in ways with plausible deniability or that add confusion;
as you put bags back in the cart, accidentally cover up items.
try to sync up with other people scanning nearby so you can mistake their beep for yours
leave dogfood/litter/milk/whatever underneath the cart and forget to scan it
basically do stuff in a way that either isn't visible to the plethora of cameras or isn't incriminating if it is visible to the cameras. and do it anonymously so they can't keep a file of you.
Do "they" actually keep a file on you? I feel like the industry is streched too thin by the markets to justify some manager investigating the shoplifters, at least in Europe once you're out of the gate you have nothing to worry about
I don't know for certain but I've heard of places doing so. As with everything in the panopticon, safest to assume someone is watching, at least when it comes to low-effort things like wearing a facemask everywhere.
Target does this so I've heard. They'll wait for you to steal a bunch of times and then nail you with all of the stuff at once.
Target does. They're notorious for letting you steal stuff until you trigger the felony theft laws then prosecuting you as hard as they can. That's part of the reason the target in Minneapolis was burned during the uprising - It was a test store for their security apparatus and people hated them.
Depends on the store's management.
Worked at a store that didn't really have a file but if the theft was of a high enough dollar amount or consistently seemed to happen around the time of a specific customer in the area, photos from the cameras would be handed around to employees to "keep an eye out for" this person while they were in the store.