A Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Tech (www.wired.com)
from Interstellar_1@pawb.social to technology@lemmy.world on 05 Mar 2024 01:48
https://pawb.social/post/7496114

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

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OpenStars@startrek.website on 05 Mar 2024 02:37 next collapse

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

cbarrick@lemmy.world on 05 Mar 2024 04:36 collapse

Same one. University of Waterloo.

Daze@kbin.social on 06 Mar 2024 01:24 collapse

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!!