A college is removing its vending machines after a student discovered they were using facial recognition technology::A photo shared on Reddit showed one of the vending machines with an error code suggesting it used facial recognition tech.

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    10 months ago

    Lesson learned: don’t name your surveillance tool EvilFaceRecognition.exe

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      10 months ago

      We got a phishing campaign at work awhile back with an attachment named “OktaAccountStealer.pdf”

      … I was impressed. What I really want to know is how many people opened it anyway.

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        10 months ago

        They do shit like that on purpose. Someone who is aware enough to read the names of attachments probably won’t fall for the rest of their scam. Its a filter to make sure they don’t waste their effort on anyone other than the most gullible.