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Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

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Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students

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World News@beehaw.orgEnglish · 4 months ago

Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales.

From the “no matter how bad you think it is, it’s worse” department.

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If they are compliant, that means students can demand their data to be removed?

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