Public Blue Screens Of Death
- We'll never know if the sign in that folder is actually cool...
Cross-Posted from https://troet.cafe/@b_rain/112372487166924270
- Not really a pbsod but I figured Id post it here anyway
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(Image looks like shit cause I compressed it to death)
- Running Windows on bus screens at Schipol Airport
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/8288848
> I don't know if it's just me that find it highly interesting that they choose to run Windows for these kind of things? Anyone able to elaborate the reasons for this? Surely this just costs them so much extra having to buy licenses for each of these screens...? > > Please do correct me or clarify this for me 🌻
- Social media is just screenshots from other sites rule
cross-posted from: https://szmer.info/post/2768988
- Yea
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/12562003
> Og post: https://infosec.exchange/@dmgedgoods/112003888626019907
- (Canada) An M&M vending machine error revealed facial recognition was used to illegally snoop on students (boycott Mars if you aren’t already!)
“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
- This flight was brought to you by Tux
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11881718
> Should I be worried that Tux is flightless?
- Seen in a MCdonalds in germany.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11714969
> Honestly, im more surprised by the fact that these kiosks run windows, than by the fact that it isnt activated
- Seen last weekend: Activate Windows on a museum display
This exhibit has been in place for a while, I'm guessing they had to replace the computer for some reason.
- Wendy's uses linux (Gnome)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8036393
> Saw this on a drive through. Did a double take when I realized it was a Gnome desktop!
- Windows error on mirroraus.social Joanna Holman (@joannaholman@aus.social)
Attached: 1 image Ideally public restroom mirrors shouldn’t run windows #internetofshit
From Mastodon.
- Why does McDonalds keep having problems?
Can I get uhhhhh... Intel Boot Agent with mayonnaise, please?
- The Kiosk Watched The McMillions Documentary and Rebelled
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7159621
- In a tiny mall in Dublin
Spring 2018. First time visiting Ireland and Northern Ireland. Love both!
I guess mall is a bit of a stretch because it was only a supermarket, a pharmacy and if I remember correctly a shop with cheap jewelry. Also a woman approached me about an election where the issue of abortion played a big role. She wanted me to sign a petition - I think. Anyway, this is also the first time I encountered a complete blue screen in public, not just a pop up.
- Can anyone spot the three errors on screen?
Image description:
A memory test screen that claims the test passed with no errors, while somehow the display itself has at least three errors on it.
The issue turned out to be bad capacitors.
- Gotta love Windows
Found in a tech store. This pop-up was on every single monitor that they had on display
