A photo shared on Reddit showed one of the vending machines with an error code suggesting it used facial recognition tech.

A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial recognition technology::A photo shared on Reddit showed one of the vending machines with an error code suggesting it used facial recognition tech.

  • @Cringe2793English
    -1•4 months ago

    There is a valid reason. It’s easier. You don’t need to get a person to watch/count/analyse the inventory.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•4 months ago

      The machine can also just count what it sells. It doesn’t need to do facial recognition to see who’s buying it

      • @Cringe2793English
        1•4 months ago

        Yeah I think you’re just paranoid. Maybe you need to understand how this works better before making a snap judgement. No personally identifying pictures are stored. What’s wrong with a bit of market research? Knowing which (estimated) gender buys what is not that big a deal.

        Y’all can downvote me and argue till the cows come home, but y’all are just paranoid. I see nothing wrong with this.