The University of Waterloo is expected to remove smart vending machines from its campus. A student discovered an error code that suggested the machines used facial recognition technology. Adaria Vending Services said the technology doesn’t take or store customers’ photos. A university in Canada is expected to remove a series of vending machines from campus … Read more
Canada-based University of Waterloo is racing to remove M&M-branded smart vending machines from campus after outraged students discovered the machines were covertly collecting face recognition data without their consent. The scandal started when a student using the alias SquidKid47 posted an image on Reddit showing a campus vending machine error message, “Invenda.Vending.FacialRecognitionApp.exe,” displayed after the … Read more
In at least two British cities, certain vending machines offer up not snacks and sodas but a more unusual item: free self-test kits for sexually transmitted diseases. The initiative aims to overcome some of the obstacles that keep people from testing: the hassle of going to the doctor, the stigma of visiting sexual health clinics … Read more