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Vending machine error reveals secret face image database of college students (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Facial-recognition data is typically used to prompt more vending machine sales.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, Linux is a kernel.

OS is a specific distribution, so like a Debian is the full fledged OS.

So just write your inventory inside the file, and bind the vending machine keys to it, and ignore 99% of the OS. The coin slot I would expect runs its own validations.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Linux Standard Base is full fledges OS then