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Vending machines had eyes all over this Ontario campus — until the students wised up (www.cbc.ca)

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An Ontario university is pulling dozens of vending machines that were tracking the age and gender of customers in the latest example of pushback against technology that tests the boundaries of privacy rules.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

The idea that facial recognition was just to determine if someone is in front of the machine is a diversion. A simple occupancy sensor would do the same, cheaper and more simply. The company only invested in the facial recognition because they are getting some other gain from it (presumably, data harvesting).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

to change the screen from "standby" mode, which shows ads, to "sales" mode

If you only need that you could just use a proximity sensor, right?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Naw, better probe the anus too to make sure it's a person.