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A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech (www.wired.com)
submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A student investigation at the University of Waterloo uncovered a system that scanned countless undergrads without consent.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Didn't we do this already, last week, or is this another one like it?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago

Same one. University of Waterloo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

It bothers me so much that they're claiming the machines to be GDPR-Compliant. If you wanted to have the screen activate when someone walks up, a light sensor alone would do the trick, not fucking facial scanning technology!!