A photo shared on Reddit showed one of the vending machines with an error code suggesting it used facial-recognition tech.
  • The University of Waterloo is expected to remove smart vending machines from its campus.
  • A student discovered an error code that suggested the machines used facial-recognition technology.
  • Vending Services said the technology didn’t take or store customers’ photos.
  • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Need? No. It sounds like it did two things: light up when it sensed a person, and also collect age, gender, and other demographic data and send it back to the company.