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A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial recognition technology (www.businessinsider.com)
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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.

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[โ€“] swordgeek@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, but they need it to dynamically adjust pricing based on customer demographics.

[โ€“] Cringe2793@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Do they actually dynamically adjust pricing? Or is thst just fear mongering over technology?