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Using your consumer power to refuse to feed the profits of adversaries of humanity. Marketplace baddies who cause disproportionate harm to the planet or people.

Who to boycott, why they are being boycotted (or why you personally boycott them), and how to boycott them (if it’s not obvious).

Also welcome: discussion on how to organize and track your boycotts. E.g. whether it’s a special tool or app, or whether it’s a series of text files to GREP.

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(Canada) An M&M vending machine error revealed facial recognition was used to illegally snoop on students (boycott Mars if you aren’t already!) (infosec.pub)

submitted 1 week ago by evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org to c/boycott@lemmy.sdf.org

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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

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[–] evenwicht@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 week ago

That seems to have exceeded msg limits. Here is the rest of the list:

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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)