Facial recognition error message on vending machine sparks concern at University

Re:Facial recognition error message on vending machine spark... by jowea on Friday February 23, 2024 @07:09AM (#39479587)

You're getting a soda's worth of money from every person who is tricked, and some will notice the trick before it happens or hear about it. I'm guessing it's not worth the price of the machine, tech, install costs and opportunity costs of a normal vending machine.

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Re:Facial recognition error message on vending machine spark... by bombcar on Friday February 23, 2024 @08:13AM (#39480140)

The real scam is the ones that require you to load a card instead of using them directly. Usually seen at newer laundromats and such - arcades, too.

The most scammy make it so you can only load the card in multiples of ten but the machines all cost prime amounts.

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Re:Facial recognition error message on vending machine spark... by kjkjadksj on Friday February 23, 2024 @11:47AM (#39482930)

All the scooter companies are trying that load by $5 and $10 thing now. Squeezing the last few drops from the stone I guess

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Re:Facial recognition error message on vending machine spark... by JohnFen on Monday February 26, 2024 @03:45PM (#39516580)

Yep, this is just evil. I have already changed laundromats because the one I used to use started doing this.

But at least this practice does make their spying ways more obvious.

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