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sublinearlast Thursday at 2:24 AM2 repliesview on HN

I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned that almost 25% of the entire US workforce is remote and this has dramatically moved shopping over to online delivery.

In-person grocery store trips mean something else now for tens of millions of people, so store security to also has to change with that big of a shift in demographics.


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AdieuToLogiclast Thursday at 4:14 AM

> I'm surprised nobody else has mentioned that almost 25% of the entire US workforce is remote and this has dramatically moved shopping over to online delivery.

How does surveillance prevalent with online delivery services substantially differ from biometric ones?

> In-person grocery store trips mean something else now for tens of millions of people, so store security to also has to change with that big of a shift in demographics.

This just doesn't make sense.

Are you asserting that people going into grocery stores now are more likely to commit theft due to those using online delivery services no longer engaging in on-premise shopping?

Or is it your premise that people who typically use online delivery services only go into grocery stores to steal?

squigzlast Thursday at 2:44 AM

Are you suggesting that a shift to online shopping led to a new demographic going to grocery stores in person? I would have expected that demographic would have went to grocery stores all along. What has changed that introduced a new demographic? And why does it mean security has to change?

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