Dunnes Self Service Camera.

kneemos · 06-11-2025 07:37AM #1

Noticed it the other day thought it was a bit odd. Presumably it's to deter theiving if it's plain your being filmed.

People are finding it creepy though.

https://www.newstalk.com/news/dunnes-2208407

DoctorEdgeWild · 06-11-2025 07:56AM

These are fairly commonplace over here, my local Co-Op has them, as does the WH Smith on the High Street. I assume it just acts as a deterrent to the 'borderline' people who might 'forget' an item or two! We're recorded everywhere we go, part and parcel of life these days, wouldn't worry me unduly.

con747 · 06-11-2025 07:59AM

Apart from the fact you can see yourself on the screen what's different to the cameras already filming you in the stores anyway. It might stop the chancers.

L1011 · 06-11-2025 08:03AM

The cameras have generally been there for ages, the display making it clear to the punter is the only new bit. More often than not showing a blank Windows 10 desktop in my local shop!

Necro · 06-11-2025 08:12AM

Yeah same cameras are in my local SuperValu. Not a new thing really.

Oscar_Madison · 06-11-2025 08:44AM

noticed it for the first time the other day when in Dunnes- a good thing in my view - it will certainly stop the middle class mid life crisis thieves stealing blocs of Stilton this Christmas 😀

Ubbquittious · 19-11-2025 11:39PM

Yea really weird seen them in aldi lately. also the camera on the booze shelf in Tesco. Everything has gone really Orwellian since covid

kneemos · 20-11-2025 06:57AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124002378#Comment_124002378

Deterrent effect no doubt,like security tags on steaks. You're being filmed anyway in every store.

Hande hoche! · 21-11-2025 09:34AM

Some of the camera angles are rather unflattering. Wouldn't want to be sensitive about your bald spot.

LastApacheInjun · 21-11-2025 10:02AM

I think there's a difference between a cctv camera up in the corner, filming a wide space in low definition from a height, to a head level camera filming in high definition right in your face. I know it's meant to be a deterrent to shoplifters. And I know this sounds like tin-foil hat stuff, but what if I did want to have a day where my image isn't uploaded to some cloud and everything I do tracked and traced?

"There's LastApache now, crossing the road outside her house. Except we can't say for sure if it's her or not, because we didn't get a great angle, and she has a hat and scarf up around her face. We think she entered the supermarket five minutes later - it's the same coat and scarf, but again it wasn't a great angle. Oh but don't worry, here she is five minutes later at the till in Dunnes. It's definitely her, she has removed the scarf and the camera is right in her face. This places her in the area at the time of the incident".

Or whatever. It just feels uncomfortable. I'm not saying I'm about to partake in any "incidents" and I know it sounds like the plot of a Netflix forgettable tv show. But still. I don't like it.

That said, I'm probably more concerned about all the other things used to track and trace me. If I bought wine every week in my weekly shop, that gets uploaded to the Cloud when I use my loyalty card. And that means my health insurance quote goes up because they access that information through those firms that create a profile of you based on your online information. That probably concerns me more than the authorities trying to trace my movements.