Public Blue Screens Of Death

Source: https://mas.to/@assaf/112770572149848627 Original source: https://x.com/aussiewongm/status/1810616993856512156

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16816957

Why are they still using Windows??

Supposed to be playing a video but instead it's showing some sort of media player interface.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16457771

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16316374

(Stolen from EmKay, but can't find original from r*ddit) (again)

(Shamelessly stolen out of an EmKay video, which they shamelessly stole from r*ddit)

Cross-Posted from https://troet.cafe/@b_rain/112372487166924270

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14646365

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14646365

Proper BSOD!

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8288848

I don't know if it's just me that find it highly interesting that they choose to run Windows for these kind of things? Anyone able to elaborate the reasons for this? Surely this just costs them so much extra having to buy licenses for each of these screens...?

Please do correct me or clarify this for me 🌻

cross-posted from: https://szmer.info/post/2768988

boost them up if you want

from taken from here

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12562003

Og post: https://infosec.exchange/@dmgedgoods/112003888626019907

“Only because of that official investigation did Canadians learn that ‘over 5 million nonconsenting Canadians’ were scanned into Cadillac Fairview's database”. Wow.

This Wired article is contradictory. The spokesperson says:

“an individual person cannot be identified using the technology in the machines. The technology acts as a motion sensor that detects faces, so the machine knows when to activate the purchasing interface”

I suppose it’s possible that a sloppy developer would name an executable Invenda.Vending.FacialRecognitionApp.exe which merely senses the presence of a face. But it seems like a baldfaced lie when you consider that:

“Invenda sales brochures that promised ‘the machines are capable of sending estimated ages and genders’ of every person who used the machines—without ever requesting consent.”

Boycott Mars

I already boycott Mars because they are a GMA member and they spent ~$500k lobbying against #GMO labeling -- and they have been blackballed for using child slave labor -- and Mars supports Russia. This is another good reason to #boycottMars.

Update

Apparently a LemmyBug replaced the article URL with a picture URL. The article is here:

https://www.wired.com/story/facial-recognition-vending-machine-error-investigation/

The vending machine pic is here:

https://infosec.pub/pictrs/image/2041d717-7cd7-4393-94f3-96aa87817aa7.jpeg

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11881718

Should I be worried that Tux is flightless?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11848723