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Re:CDC Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask by celticninja on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @03:41PM (#22741625)
any face covering helps though.

one positive is that universal mask use will make facial recognition a lot harder.

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Re:CDC Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask by drivingmenuts on Tuesday March 31, 2020 @07:25PM (#22743906)
Which is handy until you actually need the police to find an actual criminal.
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Re:CDC Weighs Advising Everyone to Wear a Mask by celticninja on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @05:32AM (#22747032)
well widespread facial recognition technology has only just recently been available to law enforcement and the police have been catching criminals since their inception. it might be a useful law enforcement tool but it is hardly a requirement for them to be able to catch someone.
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