A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech

Interstellar_1@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.world – 138 points –
A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech
wired.com

A student investigation at the University of Waterloo uncovered a system that scanned countless undergrads without consent.

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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!!