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Home Depot & Lowes to install parking lot cameras with license plate readers 4 shoplifting
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:22 pm
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:22 pm
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I present this evidence again to make one thing clear:
your life is not worse because of the top 1%
it is worse because of the bottom 1%
Also, can we watch the footage to see who is responsible for the surge in shoplifting?
quote:
Lowe’s and Home Depot are ramping up surveillance in store parking lots in states including California, Texas and Connecticut AI-powered license plate readers to combat theft and keep customers safe — but privacy advocates warn the devices could track shoppers’ movements.
The systems can create searchable records showing where vehicles travel, when they arrive and how often they visit certain locations — prompting worries that the technology can amass data about consumer behavior that can be accessible to law enforcement, hackers, private investigators or even misused internally.
Home Depot was named in a class action lawsuit filed last week in California federal court alleging that the department chain was running a covert surveillance system using LPR technology and then feeding that information to a database accessed by law enforcement.
I present this evidence again to make one thing clear:
your life is not worse because of the top 1%
it is worse because of the bottom 1%
Also, can we watch the footage to see who is responsible for the surge in shoplifting?
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Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:25 pm to Chastains
quote:will they use it to ID illegal aliens?
Home Depot & Lowes
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:26 pm to Kafka
Are they wearing license plates?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:35 pm to Chastains
quote:
your life is not worse because of the top 1%
it is worse because of the bottom 1%
Understanding this is easily the distinction between those on the right vs left.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:35 pm to OWLFAN86
quote:their cars might be
Are they wearing license plates?
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:36 pm to Chastains
quote:frick those “advocates”.
but privacy advocates warn the devices could track shoppers’ movements.
Lowes & HD are private stores, their parking lots are owned by the stores.
The patrons have no expectation of privacy in their parking lots.
Hopefully the additional cameras will discourage criminal activity there.
I’m not ever there for nefarious purposes, take my visible information and create a log on my habits there.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:41 pm to Kafka
Well if theyre caught shoplifting and the pursued for that crime and they happen to be illegal I suppose they'll get deported
given that's the current enforcement policy
but I don't see how the cameras can tell by just reading the license plates whether someone's legal or illegal, unless its a lowrider
and they're not gonna be able to get a warrant to chase down the drivers of the cars if they haven't committed a crime ,, because of the Constitution
but if there has been a crime and someone is reporting it to the police for investigation in this case, shoplifting,, i guess they just might catch a few
And if they commit an actual crime in front of cameras, the DA can subpoena those
given that's the current enforcement policy
but I don't see how the cameras can tell by just reading the license plates whether someone's legal or illegal, unless its a lowrider
and they're not gonna be able to get a warrant to chase down the drivers of the cars if they haven't committed a crime ,, because of the Constitution
but if there has been a crime and someone is reporting it to the police for investigation in this case, shoplifting,, i guess they just might catch a few
And if they commit an actual crime in front of cameras, the DA can subpoena those
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:44 pm to Chastains
Lowe’s and Home Depot are discount retailers. High sales volume and reduced overhead are parts of their business model.
Their property is private. They have all the rights.
Theft lowers profits and raises prices of their goods.
Lower theft. Lower prices. Higher sales volume.
I'm fine with that.
Sharing the info to outside parties is a trust issue. It hurts their brands.
If public (tax) money is paying for LPR information, it should be made freely available to the public through Freedom of Information.
If it's too sensitive or invasive to share, it's too invasive to collect for profit.
Their property is private. They have all the rights.
Theft lowers profits and raises prices of their goods.
Lower theft. Lower prices. Higher sales volume.
I'm fine with that.
Sharing the info to outside parties is a trust issue. It hurts their brands.
If public (tax) money is paying for LPR information, it should be made freely available to the public through Freedom of Information.
If it's too sensitive or invasive to share, it's too invasive to collect for profit.
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:46 pm to OWLFAN86
you would side w/the mexicans
Posted on 5/13/26 at 10:57 pm to Kafka
Well, a smart person would side with the Constitution, but you would have to understand it first
Posted on 5/13/26 at 11:03 pm to Chastains
quote:
Also, can we watch the footage to see who is responsible for the surge in shoplifting?
It’s racist to watch that footage
Posted on 5/14/26 at 12:26 am to Chastains
I wonder how many stolen cars will get returned by this use of plate reader? Why use your own car to steal a grand worth of tools.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 12:44 am to Chastains
The demand for systems like this is a symptom of a low trust society.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 12:47 am to Chastains
Every HD and Lowes I have been in already have cameras in their parking lots. Only difference will be the upgrade to ones with the readers.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 12:57 am to LaPlace Mafia
What if the shoplifter just takes the license plate off the car before robbing the store?
Or
Better yet, the car has a paper plate on it? The number of crappy cars I see in baton rouge with paper plates is ridiculous. You know most of those have to be counterfeit
Or
Better yet, the car has a paper plate on it? The number of crappy cars I see in baton rouge with paper plates is ridiculous. You know most of those have to be counterfeit
Posted on 5/14/26 at 1:13 am to Chastains
Democrats won’t like this.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 1:42 am to Chastains
changing consumer habits
Posted on 5/14/26 at 2:10 am to Chastains
quote:
your life is not worse because of the top 1%
it is worse because of the bottom 1%
The problem at the bottom is more like 13%.
Posted on 5/14/26 at 4:40 am to Chastains
quote:
your life is not worse because of the top 1%
it is worse because of the bottom 1%
This has always been the case.
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