Interstellar_1@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoA Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Techwww.wired.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down113file-text
arrow-up1138arrow-down1external-linkA Vending Machine Error Revealed Secret Face Recognition Techwww.wired.comInterstellar_1@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-text
A student investigation at the University of Waterloo uncovered a system that scanned countless undergrads without consent.
minus-squareDaze@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 months agoIt 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!!
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!!