It does for local shops.

I have been blessed to have 3 of the 4 local managers not enforce it outside of a sign at the door & one store has the plexi glass at registers.

Oddly the most rural of all 4 stores (with 20 min drive of each other) & arguably the most individual freedom based location enforces masks pretty hard.

The online issue with my phone concerned me. I don't know if this is a:

• hack from an outside group trying to get my data
• if this is a China Social Style roll out
• Walmart happens to have shops in China & now are simply doing a single online policy for the most restrictive locations laws (unlikely with each GM being allowed to decide their store policies unless the online store is considered a store with it's own GM).

If they are trying to prevent identity theft with purchases I can understand a mandatory policy for checkout. Though to require my face to simply view products in the store (online or local shop supplies) is beyond excessive.