I guess you can call it a hack if you keep doing what the law bans.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/08/hacking-food-labeling-laws.html
Hacking Food Labeling Laws
This article talks about new Mexican laws about food labeling, and the lengths to which food manufacturers are going to ensure that they are not effective. There are the typical high-pressure lobbying tactics and lawsuits. But there’s also examples of companies hacking the laws:
Companies like Coca-Cola and Kraft Heinz have begun designing their products so that their packages don’t have a true front or back, but rather two nearly identical labels—except for the fact that only one side has the required warning. As a result, supermarket clerks often place the products with the warning facing inward, effectively hiding it.
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Other companies have gotten creative in finding ways to keep their mascots, even without reformulating their foods, as is required by law. Bimbo, the international bread company that owns brands in the United States such as Entenmann’s and Takis, for example, technically removed its mascot from its packaging. It instead printed the mascot on the actual food product—a ready to eat pancake—and made the packaging clear, so the mascot is still visible to consumers.
Contrary to what a lot of school systems are saying.
NYS Report: Risks of facial recognition technology in schools likely outweigh the benefits
Joie Tyrrell reports:
Risks associated with using facial recognition technology in schools likely outweigh the benefits of the biometrics tool, and educators should be cautious about its use, a report from the state’s Office of Information Technology Services found.
The report, produced with assistance from the state’s Education Department and released earlier this month, examined the use of “biometric identifying technology” — where physical characteristics, including facial recognition and fingerprints, can be used in schools whether for security, administrative or classroom purposes.
The state’s education commissioner, Betty A. Rosa, will consider the report and its recommendations in determining whether to authorize the purchase or utilization of the technology in public schools. A determination will be made within the next few weeks, the Education Department said.
Long Island educators are skeptical about the technology being used here on students.
Read more at Newsday.
The report, Use of Biometric Identifying Technology in Schools, can be found at https://its.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2023/08/biometrics-report-final-2023.pdf
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