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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.
Honestly, what’s the big deal? Your face is not secret and anyone who feels like it can photograph you while you’re out in public. Vending machines already know who you are if you use a credit card.
However, this is a good reminder to programmers: customers might sometimes see your error messages even if you didn’t intend them to. Don’t write anything Marketing wouldn’t like.
Differential pricing.
Did they implement this? Or just fear mongering over technology?
Yes.
The part that miffs me is that the fact that no one was aware the vending machine was using facial recognition until a student found the error. It would be okay to me if it wasn’t being covert about it.