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    I think your statement "very few people would consider ... unethical" to be an exaggeration at best; I think a reasonable number of people would consider using video that's purportedly for loss prevention (or at least assumedly so) to market to people based on body size unethical, particularly the body size element specifically - probably more so than object to the tracking itself. mediapost.com/publications/article/263968/… - 52% of people are uncomfortable with beacons, and those are much less personal than this. Commented Feb 15, 2019 at 17:45
  • @Joe one article isn't really evidence, and the greater point, is of course, not that one thruway line, but the fact that one's career could be damaged by taking a stand. And your article isn't from a programmer's perspective, but from a consumer perspective. Commented Feb 15, 2019 at 20:54
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    Even if it is illegal, a company willing to do illegal things won’t balk at an illegal firing. And a shrewd enough manager can always manufacture a legal reason to claim if it went to court. Commented Feb 16, 2019 at 4:40
  • @WGroleau This is why employee handbooks are so massive. A company can always reach into their policies and find fifty violations you've committed with little effort. I have a friend with MS. He wasn't fired from his job for MS, THAT would be ILLEGAL. No, they found policy violations. Nothing to do with MS, nope, nothing to see here. end sarcasm mode Commented Feb 16, 2019 at 13:06