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Public Blue Screens Of Death
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Public Blue Screens Of Death
Public displays and digital infrastructure software failing to do their job because of blue screens, crashes or other problems
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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 🌻
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12562003
Og post: https://infosec.exchange/@dmgedgoods/112003888626019907
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“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
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11714969
Honestly, im more surprised by the fact that these kiosks run windows, than by the fact that it isnt activated
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Can't remember where this was as it is a old photo, possibly a bank
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This exhibit has been in place for a while, I'm guessing they had to replace the computer for some reason.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8036393
Saw this on a drive through. Did a double take when I realized it was a Gnome desktop!
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Windows 10 troubleshooting options, as blue as the river Weser.
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Can I get uhhhhh... Intel Boot Agent with mayonnaise, please?
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I saw it working earlier, but it broke. Probably because of the rain.
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Seen on car park ticket machine. Display was all kinds of messed up and changed rapidly
Here's a GIF (FLASHING LIGHTS):
For some reason i couldn't hold my phone steady back then .-.
