CVS wants you using its mobile app to unlock store shelves
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xtr0n@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
I can’t wait until store shelves are set up like those janky pressure sensitive hotel minibars
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theneverfox@pawb.socialreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
They probably just ask for your name and link it to the info they already have about you
If you fill a prescription or use a credit card, that's a very solid link to your identity. The app also probably is collecting all the data it can on you to resell, most of which can be used to fingerprint you through a data broker
They might also require an ID, but all of it is probably more an intimation tactic and stunt for investors than anything else
No way I'd install their app though
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atelopus-zeteki@fedia.ioreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
Buh bye CVS, I wish I could say it was fun. It's amazing how quickly a corp can become a corpse.
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rockslayer@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
If the Walmart/target cases are anything to go by, it's a basic universal tubular lock. You can by a decoder/pick for like $10
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ninemiletower@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
My first choice of action would be to walk out the door. My second choice of action would be to walk out the door.
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rockslayer@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
If they could, I bet they'd try to implement a discount system for time spent stocking shelves
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jomiran@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
I am sure CVS will not assume the worst when I buy three 12 packs of Magnum XL, two bottles of NyQuil, six cans of Monster Energy and a roll of duct tape.
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verity_kindle@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
Succinct, I would like you to consider becoming CVS's next CTO.
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catloaf@lemm.eereplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
Yeah but they're a little tricky to use, you can't just bump them.
Also I would not recommend doing it at all in the first place.
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i_fart_glitter@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
I pick up a client's meds as part of my job. It's through Safeway, and I can't get text notifications anymore when they are ready for pickup, I have to use the app, and I have to have push notifications turned on, so more than half of the notifications are some BS ad for safeway, trying to tempt me into buying bread or some shit. The guy takes over twenty medications, so it's kind of a nightmare.
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dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.comreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
Sounds like it's time for a new pharmacy.
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chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.dereplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
They want the data to sell to Meta and OpenAI to perfect their AI's
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fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.comreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
Your options are:
Walgreens
Some pharmacy on the other side of town that's failing because they're getting overcharged for drugs (if you're lucky)
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dantheclamman@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
Yes, this is the problem. Not much choice, and most of the corporate ones are moving to various shitty practices. Oddly enough, many of the big corporate chains are now closing locations en masse, such as Rite Aid
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aramis87@fedia.ioreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
For this to work, you need to download and install the app, and sign up for CVS’ loyalty program. In the store, you need to be logged into the app and connected to the store’s Wi-Fi, and have Bluetooth turned on.
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mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
That's almost worth having a dedicated burner phone for.
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cosmicturtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
My pixel has what's called a "private" profile. It allows you to tie a different Google account to the apps downloaded to that profile.
So I would install the CVS app on that profile, find public credentials for the app (or create one with and then publish them). Use the app to unlock the shelf. Leave it open or unshelf everything.
Or just don't shop there.
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painfulasterisk1@lemmy.mlreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
I don't mind doing it, if I have access to the pharmacy/prescription department.
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hootinnhollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.comreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
Costco, and lots of online ones
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daggermoon@lemmy.worldreplied to Guest 23 days ago last edited by
I'm just not gonna shop at CVS
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