Home Depot deploys Bluetooth to prevent stolen items from working
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Re: Home Depot deploys Bluetooth to prevent stolen items from working
#2This sounds like a great idea that won't backfire and brick perfectly good power tools in any way. /s
Re: Home Depot deploys Bluetooth to prevent stolen items from working
#3This sounds like a great idea that won't backfire and brick perfectly good power tools in any way. /s
At least the article makes me discount the blowback I get when I claim the US to slipping towards a low trust society.
Notable Home Depot has motion sensitive cameras in the tool area that beep to remind me that the owners of the store think I'm a thief. They also remind me to buy my tools online.
Re: Home Depot deploys Bluetooth to prevent stolen items from working
#4This sounds like a great idea that won't backfire and brick perfectly good power tools in any way. /s
Just wait until all of your power tools come with a subscription to make them usable.
Re: Home Depot deploys Bluetooth to prevent stolen items from working
#5This sounds like a great idea that won't backfire and brick perfectly good power tools in any way. /s
At least the article makes me discount the blowback I get when I claim the US to slipping towards a low trust society. Notable Home Depot has motion sensitive cameras in the tool area that beep to remind me that the owners of the store think I'm a thief. They also remind me to buy my tools online.
Or used! I get most of my power tools used/refurbished.
I get what you're saying about the US becoming low-trust. This is just another example. I feel like it's the same kind of thing when a city erects hostile architecture.