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Big Brother watching you at Apple Stores?







Big Brother watching you at Apple
Stores?

Big Brother watching you at Apple
Stores?
12/11/2003 10:58 AM

Apple uses a sophisticated video-monitoring system to automatically count the number of customers who enter Apple Stores across the U.S., and to document their behavior once inside, according to a Wired article...




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