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

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[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 7 months ago

In Japan they had some kind of facial recognition on vending machines selling cigarettes that would determine the age of the person in attempt to prevent kids from buying cigarettes. But it only worked for Japanese people.

Stupid racist vending machine wouldn't sell me smokes!

[-] bigMouthCommie@kolektiva.social -1 points 7 months ago

shame. id like to send you a carton.

[-] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

It's cool, I quit years ago.

Also I was in a diverse group of people and we were able to do some science. Fortunately we had a Japanese person in the group which allowed me to purchase the smokes. But yeah, it failed on everyone that wasn't Japanese.

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