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Home Depot deploys Bluetooth to prevent stolen items from working

• spazx 5y ago
  This sounds like a great idea that won't backfire and brick perfectly good power tools in any way. /s
  • Gibbon1 5y ago
    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.
    • spazx 5y ago
      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.
  • jneumann004 5y ago
    Just wait until all of your power tools come with a subscription to make them usable.