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How stores track your path through the aisles

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Because standard security cameras just weren't dystopian enough. Physical store spaces frequently deploy advanced visual algorithms to silently map out exactly how you wander between displays, optimizing store layouts to ensure you pass the maximum number of impulse buys.

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