Is Anyone Aware of Why Walmart Requires Face ID to Look at Products for a Local Store?
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Just tried to see a product that Walmart has available, and when I click the link they require a long press to look at the product on their web store & in the app.
Is anyone else experiencing this? Are any other big tech/shops doing this?
Google keeps asking me to verify that I still own this number. Has anybody ne else experienced that?
Before I realized how deep & wide the swamp truly was (globally) I did allow my face to unlock phones early on.
Multiple times that day, with DDG, Google & Bing all 3 search engines every time pulled me up to a URL that I was Walmart.com (no subdomain in front of a phishing site) & when I would choose to use the Walmart app, the app itself would load up & have the same white bubble bar (oval about the size of a thumb) & I was simply instructed to press the button. About 2 seconds into that 5 second test It occurred to me that were scanning with my front camera & I pointed mo phone towards my ceiling immediately. Every time after that on the day I posted this I got an error on my phone about my face not being recognized & that I could not enter the site.
I tried it again & I can't replicate it. I did troubleshooting for a startup tech about 20 years ago & should have recorded it step by step & taken screen shots. I was busy with my family that day & figured I would look over it later.
It could be Walmart was hacked & that users during that time period, or in a certain demographic could have been sent to get face scans.
It was bizarre & IF it is a corporate hack, these guys are terrifyingly good, had the site been more than a blank white page with a loading bar animation on that button as you long pressed, I may have not thought twice about it. Once they get a site that mimics popular retail sites most would be tricked. Heck even those who are semi tech savvy likely would just go through on the 3rd or 4th attempt just to get to Walmart if they didn't understand this war we are actively in loved in via tech & info.
No idead if my supposition there is accurate at all, but I am still creeeped out about it.
Thank you. And I understand why you feel the way you do. Very concerning. If you ever experience something like that again, or figure out exactly what happened, I hope you'll post again and let us all know. Thanks again and stay safe!
Next time I will use screen capture video software & the built in screen shots on my phone if ever it happens again.