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		nexuist on March 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: “Just walk out” technology by Amazon Wait, how does this even work? You can just walk in with any regular credit card and they can read all the information they need to charge you completely over the air? Isn't that a huge security problem?

banana_giraffe on March 10, 2020 [–]

Given how vague they are about the entry process, I'm sure customers will be expected to use a credit card on the entry device to open it.

This is like how the Amazon Go stores require you to scan a QR code from your phone to get in the store.

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