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[–] ttsci 15 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

https://corporate.target.com/news-features/article/2012/02/an-unexpected-career-target-forensic-services-labo

Unbeknownst to most, Target has a top-rated forensic services laboratory that provides forensic examinations, and assists outside law enforcement with help on special cases.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/04/csi-walmart/521565/

Target and Walmart both declined to comment for this story, but in a press release from 2012, Target said it volunteers to get involved with with “felony, homicide, and special-circumstances cases.” In 2008, a Target spokesperson told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that a quarter of the cases it worked on were unrelated to the company itself.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

so they look at surveillance video for murderers... they're not solving outside crimes

Inside, they comb through video-surveillance records and spirit data out of devices that have seen better days        

its a "digital forensics" lab... they're investigating embezzlement... hackers...
the whole "target is the panopticon" thing is a clever viral marketing ploy to reduce shoplifting...

that and the thing where they supposedly keep tabs on you for years until you hit a felony total of shoplifting, THEN they bust you and you have to pay $5,000,000,000...
that's not even how laws work...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Exactly, I liked how the first link was from Target

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 months ago