Walmart tracking your underwear?

[Arkiehawg]

Say NO to restrictive measures! Let the boys be FREE!

 

[Edgy Grammy]

If this were true, Dwight, many men will be lost.

Love this Alicia, the stories I could tell about my Jasper and his drawers! God Bless his soul!

 

[Will B]

This spells certain doom for Garanimals! I thought they were for making sure your skivvies matched your clothes!

 

[Dwight Williams]

I figured it was the bar code in the bottom of my skivvies. Guess not.

 

[Everytime]

I noticed last night that a local Wal-Mart is now selling the "Shake-Weight." I wonder if Wal-Mart and the manufacturer will be tracking consumers' usage of that item.

 

[wrobert]

In case some of you are behind the times, Walmarts have numerous cameras outside and inside their stores, and they can track your every move. This marketing idea sounds more like a way to easily computerize customers patterns and to track how they shop as they go through a store. Grocery stores have done this for years, but with low tech, human observations. Grocery stores also make money from product displays. Different shelves get different amounts of attention.

There are numerous ways to track many people as they go about their day. Facebook, Twitter, GPS coordinates from your cell phone, credit card/debit card charges, highway cameras tracking your car, security cameras at various stores, IP address, etc. People just don't realize that they are already being followed.

I am awaiting a smart cart that keeps a running total of everything I put in it, and all I have to do is swipe my card and leave, no more cashiers looking at all the sudafed I buy.

 

[sunspotbaby]

Good, if they can track my underwear, surely they know when i need some new ones. Heck, maybe when you go in the store a "to buy" list will automatically be generated for you. It would so save me some time, writing the list, remembering to take the list, and ultimately leaving it in the car.