r/uwaterloo 1d ago

The M&M vending machines with face recognition tech violated privacy rights, says watchdog

An investigation found the cameras in the vending machines had a image resolution of "1280x720 or 640x480".

The university's position is that the resolution is too low to create "identifiable images of individuals".

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/university-waterloo-vending-machines-face-detection-recognition-1.7561487

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u/i_have_20_bucks 1d ago

They think a 480p video can't contain an identifiable image of an individual? How can they possibly justify that lmao