So... TikTok

[Labster]

Hasn't Tiktok been caught multiple times collecting user data they're not supposed to have and sending it back to the Chinese parent company, though? There's a big difference in the information you could get out of Coca-cola even with a warrant, and what can be data-mined from a social media platform using location metadata and speech/facial recognition even from just the publicly available feeds, even if not.

Meanwhile in Canada: Canadian university vending machine error reveals use of facial recognition

I’m kind of shocked at how little spying you all think beverage companies are doing. See also those display panels on cooler doors at Walgreens, tracking you to sell you more beverages.