it's like trying to steal from a casino

except this casino has 100 cameras pointed at you

they have people going on twitter worried that they had shoplifted and Amazon says keep it

Nope

I can do it

I guess you should ditch journalism and start robbing banks for a living

You can rob amazon now?

😂

if you rob a bank the feds go after you, if you steal from amazon they say no worries... big difference

i mean once it's fleshed out they will simply ban you if you keep stealing

same with fraud like what linus (kinda) did

Linus Theft Tips ™

i agree though

he diddn't even attempt to steal it

he just put it on a shelf and picked it back up and waved it around some more

of course amazon was going to detect that

tbh amazon go isn't that big of a deal

what are the requirements of Amazon go? can I use a dummy card with 1$ on it?

How much money does it try to authenticate?

you just need the app afaik

Can I get a burner card from 7-11?

I think linus said $1

I don't know about burner cards

buy a visa gift card for 5$

sign up with fake name

walk in take everything walk out

ya it is only calculated and charged after exit

What if you walk in and grab someone else's bag?

there are so many exploits I cant even count

the reality is Amazon is running a trial of honor system shopping and nothing more

ya even RFID could be countered with a shield

RFID would be stupid for this anyways

they dont use rfid

would cost them what, 50c per chip?

not worth it

what if identical twins walk in and grab different things and walk past each toher several times

i thought they were less than .05c

if they walk past each other it doesn't matter, body detection and tracking is fairly straightforward given a point cloud constructed from multiple camera angles

throw a blanket over both of them at the same time

or a jacket

now that's evil