I first thought it was a camera but there was no point, After some searching I found that these things could communicate optical, so that might be it, if so how do they work?

  • TheFriendlyArtificer@beehaw.org
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    11 months ago

    My off the cuff thought is that it may be used to change the content on the tags. Show it a specific QR code and it updates the content.

    They cynical side of wants to believe that it’s being used to gather shopping analytics and correlate it to facial data.

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      These run on coin cells and have very little power. It is literally just an IR receiver.

      Not everything is there to spy on you.