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

  • KuroeNekoDemon@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    Yeah but this is the University of Waterloo we’re talking about here. This hit Canadian mainstream media CTV News so I know that. Also for an university specializing in Engineering and Mathematics there’s a shit ton of cameras around

    • Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      4 months ago

      Also, I’m not sure if this is the same in Canada as the US, but I’m pretty sure that in many cases, vandalism is considered a much lesser crime than unauthorized computer tampering/hacking