In the viral video, a former Walmart employee warns people about the store's self-checkout camera, claiming it harvests personal information — even taking photos of customers as they ring up purchased items.
A content creator known as AshtheTruth, who claimed to have worked as an Asset Protection manager, posted a video on TikTok on a recent Tuesday. The video gained 1.8 million views and received 10,000 comments
The video with the caption: " building cases 500$ at a time. That’s is how people suddenly get notices they stole something and never talked to anyone"
Before the video, the content creator showed that she had stitched another creator’s recording of a Walmart self-checkout scanner in action. She said in the video, 'I have been summoned.'
Then she continued to share her knowledge about what happened with the device when it collected customer data during purchases at Walmart.
Shen explained that when customers scan items at the checkout, the store's self-checkout camera takes a photo and notes it
She explained: “So you see those little machines right there? Oh, yeah. So I made a video about the cameras that they have that can be see into your phone. Well, those ones at the register, they’re 10 times worse, my dude,”
She added: “So, every time you scan something, it takes pictures of you and let me just tell you every time that you run your card through a Walmart scanner, they have a note of it.”
She warned that Walmart can find your credit card, and then she offered her advice: “I don’t recommend using credit cards if you’re trying to do anything janky, my dude.”
Ash also alleges that “they also take a picture of your face and the card that they’re using. And they hold it and stored it as a file.”
Additionally, the ex-Walmart employee alleged that Walmart has been collecting purchasing data on customers for a long time, and it is now reaching new levels.
She gave a tip to help customers keep their information confidential by paying cash and covering their ID. She added, 'Those cameras can read into your wallet, and they do.'
Her video has sparked a debate with numerous comments co-signing her views, as well as sharing their thoughts about the story.
One person said: I always use cash. and that's scary if my husband ever gets credit card fraud, I'll be sending them to Walmart immediately unfortunately he uses cards.
A second wrote: I knew about this because my mom has been losing her receipts for years and just asks them to pull up her card info for returns.
While a third commented: Folks didn't know this already? I figured when returning things w/o a receipt they could use the card you purchased the items with w/to verify and refund.
I realized this when I got the Walmart app and made an account and it already had every purchase I made at the store on there. Another said.
