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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 14:24:38 UTC Robert McNees

   • Cory Doctorow's linkblog

   “…after the machine failed to launch a facial recognition application that nobody expected to be part of the process of using a vending machine.” is quite a thing to read here in the year of our Lord, 2024. Feels like one for the @pluralistic files.

   https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/vending-machine-error-reveals-secret-face-image-database-of-college-students/

   • Knud Jahnke (knud@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 14:28:12 UTC Knud Jahnke

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     • Cory Doctorow's linkblog

     @mcnees @pluralistic

     I'm sure there's an English version of this, but it's literally in the press texts of what the machines can do. OK, they don't say "face recognition", they say then know which gender and age a person is approaching the machine to show them products they supposedly prefer...

     https://www.e-commerce-magazin.de/neuer-verkaufsautomat-wo-street-crediblity-auf-einkaufsspass-trifft/

   • Aaron DeVries (aaron_devries@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 26-Feb-2024 15:24:20 UTC Aaron DeVries

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     @mcnees this is a other reason why I wear masks sunglasses and hats in public. The only privacy you get from the tech industry is the privacy you make for yourself.