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Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just imagine the license fees.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

That's why the need facial recognition, to sell the data to pay for licensing fees.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They must have like an enterprise master agreement IOT-specific thingy right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Still expensive as fuck. And a nightmare to work with, but you knew that, it's windows