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.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
Child exploitation is another good reason to boycott Mars
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 Confections
Cannot 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)
– Yoso
Cannot 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 Family
Cannot 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 Organic
That 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)
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