Vending machines had eyes all over this Ontario campus — until the students wised up

An Ontario university is pulling dozens of vending machines that were tracking the age and gender of customers in the latest example of pushback against technology that tests the boundaries of privacy rules.

Vending machines had eyes all over this Ontario campus — until the students wised up
A person walks by the University of Waterloo (UW) sign on campus on Feb. 10, 2020.

An Ontario university is pulling dozens of vending machines that were tracking the age and gender of customers in the latest example of pushback against technology that tests the boundaries of privacy rules.