So #Mars and #Invenda operate snack vending machines with #FacialRecognition. This was uncovered because one of them displayed a telltale error message. This unacceptable and an outright scandal. #lateCapitalism
Now, for a second, imagine being that person that can make facial recognition software crash ... WITH THEIR FACE.
Surveillance capitalism made in Switzerland by #Invenda:
“The scandal started when a student using the alias SquidKid47 posted an image on Reddit showing a campus vending machine error message, "Invenda.Vending.FacialRecognitionApp.exe," displayed after the machine failed to launch a facial recognition application that nobody expected to be part of the process of using a vending machine.”
Are any Swiss journalists making inquiries into this?
@arstechnica article: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/vending-machine-error-reveals-secret-face-image-database-of-college-students/
"#Fehlermeldung offenbart: #Mars-#Verkaufsautomat scannt Gesichter von Kunden
An einer Universität in #Kanada ist aufgeflogen, dass auf einem Süßigkeitenautomaten des Schweizer Herstellers #Invenda biometrische #Gesichtserkennung läuft."
A company that uses facial-recognition in vending machines on school campuses claims it’s machines are GDPR compliant.
“According to #Adaria and #Invenda, students shouldn't worry about data #privacy because the #VendingMachines are "fully compliant" with the world's toughest #data privacy law, the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (#GDPR).”
I really hope that company will get caught lying soon.
#Invenda has been caught using nonconsensual facial recognition in their vending machines.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/23/vending-machine-facial-recognition-canada-univeristy-waterloo
The biggest problem with this is that it's not unusual.
Companies will rape you for a nickel. It's time to fight back with ten times the force.
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