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VENDING MACHINE ERROR REVEALS SECRET FACE IMAGE DATABASE OF COLLEGE STUDENTS

arstechnica.com4 min read

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An M&M vending machine at a university was secretly using facial recognition-enabled collecting data without consent. The machines could estimate age/gender. The university has confirmed that it will disable the tech and that it plans to remove the machines, though the timeline is unclear.