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Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students (arstechnica.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales.

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[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

shame. id like to send you a carton.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

It's cool, I quit years ago.

Also I was in a diverse group of people and we were able to do some science. Fortunately we had a Japanese person in the group which allowed me to purchase the smokes. But yeah, it failed on everyone that wasn't Japanese.