cross-posted from: https://infosec.pub/post/8862635
“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.exewhich 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
Indeed. I keep this text list around which is easy to grep for various chocolate brands:
Chocolate suppliers without a decent anti-child labor posture
Cannot recommend
– Baci Perugina (Owned by Nestle)
– Bark Thins (owned by Hershey)
– Delicaseys Chocolates
– Galaxy (Owned by Mars – England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Garden of Life (owned by Nestle)
– Haagen-Dazs (owned by Nestle)
– Hershey’s
– NÓI SÍRÍUS’s chocolate (dark)
– Scharffen Berger (owned by Hershey)
– Stuffed Cakes
– Talenti Gelato
– Tony’s Chocolonely (Learn More)Cannot recommend but are working on the issues in various ways
– ABC Bakers (Girl Scout Cookies)
– ALDI (Moser-Roth)
– Alpro (Alpro Soya and Provamel)
– Amore di Mona
– Ananda Foods
– Barry Callebaut
– Beech’s
– Ben & Jerry’s
– Bensdorp
– Beyond Dark
– Biena
– Bissinger’s Handcrafted Chocolatier
– Blommer
– Boulder Cookie
– California Gourmet
– Chocolat Stella
– Chocolove
– Chocoveda
– Clif Bar
– Creek House Patisserie
– Deliss Chocolate
– Dilettante
– Divine
– Divvies
– Dr. Oetker USA, LLC
– Ds Naturals (Brazil)
– Endangered Species
– Enjoy Life
– Fazer (Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Sweden, Russia)
– Felchin
– Go Max Go
– Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews (Just Born)
– Goupie’s (England)
– Haigh’s Chocolates (Australia)
– Humboldt Chocolate
– Kashi
– Lazy Day Foods (England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales)
– LEDA Chocolate (Australia & New Zealand)
– Lily’s
– Little Brownie Bakers (Girl Scout Cookies)
– Mackie’s of Scotland
– Mariposa Baking Company
– Mitchell’s Homemade
– NOMO (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Northern Bloc (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– NOW
– NuNaturals, Inc.
– OCHO Candy
– Pacific Natural Foods
– Ripple
– Roar Chocolate
– Rubicon Bakers
– Schmerling’s
– Silver Spoon (England)
– Simply Lite
– Starbucks
– Strauss
– Summerdown Pure Mint Chocolate Mint Thins
– Sunwarrior
– Svelte
– Sweet William (New Zealand and Europe)
– Sweets from the Earth
– Terra Nostra
– The Cooperative (England)
– The Healthy Baking Company
– The Inspired Cookie
– Thorntons
– TradeAid (New Zealand)
– Treat Dreams
– Urban Remedy
– Villars
– Wayfare
– Whittaker’s (Australia & New Zealand)
– World’s Finest Chocolate
– Xan ConfectionsCannot recommend but at least responded
– Aduna Chocolate
– Alternative Baking Company
– Awesome Bars
– Back to Nature
– Barney Butter
– Belcolade
– Birkengold (Austria & Germany)
– Blue Skies
– Bob’s Red Mill Natural Foods
– Boreal Vegan Chocolatier (Spain)
– Brooklyn Dark
– Cacao Barry
– Castle Kitchen
– Cherryvale Farms
– Chocologic
– Choffy Brewed Chocolate
– Clipper (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Coco Maya (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Coconut Cloud
– Crio Bru
– Dagoba (owned by Hershey)
– Dr. Fuhrman’s Cocoa Powder
– Fat Badger Bakery
– Feed Your Face
– FINE & RAW
– FoMu
– free2b
– Genuine Health
– Good Day Chocolate
– Hail Merry
– Hampton Creek
– Hey Tiger Chocolate (Australia)
– Home Free
– Jon Good Chocolates
– Just
– Kirkland (CostCo)
– KoKo Dairy Free
– Landgarten GmbH & Co. KG (Europe)
– Laura’s Mercantile
– Lindt (Ghirardelli Chocolate)
– Little Secrets
– Lucy’s Cookies
– Lush Gourmet Foods
– Maisie Jane’s California Sunshine
– Matcha Mylkbar
– Mom’s Munchies
– Mummy Meagz (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Naturade
– next Organics
– No Whey! Chocolates
– Noiseraie Productions
– Oatly
– Olive & Sinclair’s Chocolate
– Pamela’s Products
– Peter’s Chocolate
– PlantFusion
– Premium Chocolatiers
– Pudology (England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales)
– Rodelle
– Sanders Candy
– See’s Candies
– Shoko Chocolates
– Simple Truth Organic®
– Somersaults
– Steve’s Ice Cream
– Tasti (New Zealand)
– The Peanut Principle
– Theobroma Chocolat
– Three Sisters Cereal (MOM Brands)
– Tofutti
– Unigra Chocolate
– Valrhona
– Waitrose (unless specified on product that country of origin is not West Africa)
– Wawel (Poland)
– Weirdoughs (Australia)
– Whittard of Chelsea
– Wilbur Chocolate
– Wild Friends Foods
– YisRoYal (gourmet vegan cookie dough)
– YosoCannot recommend: companies that would not disclose (no transparency for customers)
– Baskin-Robbins
– Cadbury (Mondelez – England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Choklad Mörk (Ikea)
– Cocovelle
– Cornetto (Unilever Brand – England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Delighted By Hummus
– E&C’s Snacks
– Earth Balance
– Enlightened
– General Mills (Nature Valley)
– Giant/Foodhold USA
– Glutino
– Hasslacher
– hipo hyfryd
– Indie Candy
– Kinnikinnick Foods
– Lenny & Larry’s
– Livia’s Kitchen (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– LUV Ice Cream
– Magnum Ice Cream (Unilever Brand)
– Mondelēz (Oreo)
– Moonstruck Chocolatier
– Nékter Juice Bar
– Oppenheimer Chocolates U.S.A. Inc
– O’Natra
– Pangea brand
– Patience Fruit & Co (Canada)
– Peanut Butter & Co.
– Pure Matters
– Q.bel Foods
– Recchiuti Confections
– Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory (Canada)
– Sainsburys (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Salish Sea Chocolate Company
– Sejoyia (Coco Roons and Coco Thins)
– ShaSha Bread Co.
– Silk (TCBY)
– So Delicious® Dairy Free
– Sugar Plum Chocolates
– Sweetapolita
– Target/Archer Farms
– The Essential Bite / The Essential Cookie
– The Hain Celestial Group (Rice Dream, Soy Dream, Sunspire, Chocolate Dream, Tropical Source)
– The Naughty Cookie
– Trader Joe’s
– Udi’s
– VEGA
– Vosges
– Western FamilyCannot recommend: companies that did not respond
– 10 degrees chocolate
– 137 Degrees
– 34 degrees
– A Lil Nutty Chocolate
– Abe’s Muffins
– Addiction Food (Australia)
– Amanda’s Own Confections
– Amber Lyn Chocolates
– Amedei
– Amella Caramels
– Amrita
– Amul
– Anandamide (Substantial)
– Anthon Berg
– Anthony’s Goods
– Arbonne
– Barbara’s
– Benedicks
– Berggold (Germany)
– Beryl’s Chocolate (Malaysia)
– Better Bites
– Betty Lou’s
– Big Tree Farms
– biona organic
– Blabbermouth Chocolates
– Blue Diamond
– Bodylogix®
– Boots Bakery
– Buttercup Cakes & Farmhouse Frosting
– Cacao de Davao (Philippines)
– Café Pettirosso
– Califia Farms
– Casual Friday Donuts
– Celtic Chocolates
– Central Market
– Charles Chocolates
– Chatfield’s Chocolates
– Chocolate Apothecary
– Chocolate Ivis (Spain)
– Christopher Elbow Artisanal Chocolate
– Cicada Artisan Chocolate
– City Girl Country Girl
– Coco Polo
– Coles (Australia)
– Condor Chocolates
– Considerit Chocolate
– CREAM
– Cybele’s
– De Ruijter (Netherlands)
– Deavas
– Destination
– Domori
– Dottie’s Donuts
– Double Rainbow Soy Cream
– Doves Farm
– Doña Maria Mole Sauce (Herdez)
– Droste
– earnest eats
– EcoMil
– Elmhurst
– Eskal Noble Choice (Australia/New Zealand)
– Essy and Bella Chocolate
– Excellent Baron Chocolatier
– Fina’s Vegetarian Café (Australia)
– Fox’s Syrup
– Frankly Natural Bakers
– Frankonia Schokoladenwerke GmbH (Germany)
– Fresh Thyme
– G. Debbas Chocolatier
– Galerie Au Chocolat
– Galler Chocolatier
– Gel Spice Company
– Gelateria Naia
– Girls & Boys Fitzroy
– Good Karma
– Good! Greens
– Gourmet Treats
– Green & Black’s
– Greens Plus
– Grimaldi Candies
– Gü (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Halletts Chocolates
– Halloren
– Halo (Pro Bar)
– Halo Top
– Health Warrior
– Heaven Sent
– Hedonist Artisan Chocolates
– Hilary’s Cookies
– Hungryroot
– Jackie’s COOKIE Babies
– Jade Chocolates
– Just Desserts
– Kavici Choco Spheres (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– KIND Snacks
– Kinnerton (EU)
– Koko Black Chocolate (Australia)
– Kron Chocolatier
– Laughing Gull Chocolates
– Laura’s Wholesome Junkfood
– Lentil as Anything (Australia)
– Like No Udder
– LoveRaw (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– LoveRaw Chocolate (EU)
– LÄRABAR
– Maestrani
– Main Market Co-Op
– Mamma Chia
– Medifast
– Michel Cluizel
– Mighty O Donuts
– Mill City Organics
– Misura
– Molly Rose Balms
– Monsoon Chocolate
– Mr. Nice Guyshop (Australia)
– Munk Pack
– Mutari Craft Chocolate
– Nairn’s
– Nana’s Cookie Company
– Natierra
– NaturalZing
– Nature’s Bakery
– Nestar (Australia)
– Nuts.com
– Nutter’s
– Of the Earth Superfoods
– OGGS (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Oh! Chocolate
– oodaalolly
– Pacari
– Pantagruel
– Paskesz Candy Inc.
– PB2
– Peet’s Coffee and Tea
– Penzey’s
– Pico Chocolate (Australia)
– Planet Oat (owned by Hood)
– Plum Bistro/Sugar Plum
– Prestat (England)
– PROBAR
– Probios GO Vegan (England, Ireland, Italy, Scotland, Wales)
– Puratos
– Pure Fit Nutrition Bars
– Rhythm 108 (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Riso Scotti (England, Ireland, Scotland, & Wales)
– Rococo Chocolates (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Rose City Chocolatier
– Sanitarium (Australia/New Zealand)
– Santa Cruz Organic
– Schmidt’s
– Seattle Chocolates
– Shakeology
– Simple Mills
– Sinfully Devine
– So Good Beverages
– Soul Sprout
– Soylent
– Spice Pharm
– Squirrel Sisters
– Sunbiotics
– Superior Natural Foods
– Suzanne’s Specialties
– Sweet Freedom
– Tasty Brand
– Temple Chocolate
– The Coconut Collaborative
– The Daily Bar (Australia)
– The Good Bean
– The Grenada Chocolate Company
– The Living Food Kitchen
– The No Cookie Cookie
– The Raw Chocolate Pie Company (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– The Tea Room
– The Winning Combination
– The Yes Bar
– Theobroma Chocolate Company
– Think Vegan Gelato (Prodotti Stella)
– Timeless Coffee
– Tradin OrganicThat seems to have exceeded msg limits. Here is the rest of the list:
(U-Z)
Cannot recommend: companies that did not respond (cont…)
– Ulu Hye (AUS)
– Uncle Eddie’s
– United Cocoa Processor
– Valor
– Van Leeuwen Ice Cream
– Vanini
– Vantastic Foods Schakalode (EU)
– Vegan Choc Shop
– VeganBurd via Etsy
– Veganz
– Verkade (Netherlands)
– Weiss
– When Pigs Fly
– Wholesome Bakery
– Wildflour
– Wonderfully Raw
– WonderSlim
– Zazubean
– ZenSoy
– Zuma Drinks (England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales)
– Áine Hand Made Chocolates (Ireland)© 2020 Food Empowerment Project | Food Empowerment Project is a registered non-profit, 501©(3) and all donations are tax deductible.
I think that’s a bit of old news
By about a year, looks like. It was still news to me.
This is not a news forum. It’s a boycott organisation and support forum. Do your boycotts tend to last less than 1 year? That’s not really impactful. (which is not to say impact is the only reason to boycott… I boycott just to ensure that I am not part of the problem, impact or not)
I have been boycotting Mars at least since 2018 when I found out they spent $½ million lobbying against GMO labeling in the US. Even if they were to turn that around and pay more money to lobby for GMO transparency, I would still boycott their vending machines. Not just because they got caught in a data abuse scandal, but because they lied about it, which means they cannot be trusted with technology.
Yes, but it’s still good to remind people that they’re trying every way to garher data about you and sell it and also inform those who might have not seen it the first time around.
Fuck Mars, worst planet. Too dusty.
I worked for a place that wanted to do face and gesture recognition with a Kinect in a kiosk. The devs had objections, but were ignored. We also didn’t launch anything and the exec team got canned, so there’s that.
It’s entirely possible to activate the screen on “I think that’s a face” as well as have some local-only software guess age/sex and mix with engagement data for analytics. Whether anything is captured, fingerprinted, stored, or uploaded… anyone’s guess.
It’s a little skeezy because it’s non-obvious, but doing the anonymized metrics isn’t more invasive than someone with a clipboard watching and taking notes on who buys or not.
Of course, then some dumb manager fuck decides to outsource that local software to “the cloud”, and you’ve basically got a spy camera again.
I ain’t in Canada, but my college had pretty much those exact same vending machines. Don’t know if the spying was the reason they disappeared, but they didn’t last very long before being removed.
People can afford vending machine prices?
