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

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[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 141 points 8 months ago (7 children)

why do people think it's okay to do this shit? if you're coding facial recognition for a vending machine, that's like 80 steps too far down the capitalism ladder

if you took this machine back to the 1920s and told people what it was doing, they'd shoot at it. and probably you

[–] PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Wait-they'll shoot me at the machine??

[–] Tristaniopsis@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Some people pay for that sort of treatment! And you get it for free!

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