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Originally Posted by ApK
The stated reason was to stop wholesale theft at the pre-retail level. RFID based systems don't really help if the stuff is stolen off a truck on the way to the Home Depot warehouse.
But I agree, too expensive, too complex, too intrusive and too much potential for harming legit users.
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Truck theft is real, but a small volume compared to retail theft. Entire shipment theft is rarer than theft of retail sales shipped by post/courier, which this doesn't address at all.