Covid masks are dual-use for privacy

[Vilagra]

My Google Photo Assistant regognizes my face even I'm in a mask on the photo

[erikoy]

I'm surprised that nobody has started selling advertising space on them.

Maybe an ICO ( initial coronavirus offering ).

What a joke. ICO was really a virus that keeps on popping in bounties altcoins section. I can't blame people wanting to run a project without capital and just asking the crowd to fund for it. But others are abusing this kind of activity due to self interest after seeing some money from the crowd. As we all know that money is very hot for others that will be easily tempted that instead of using it to run the project the one manage the crowd funding activity will run away together with the money. The problem is that mostly these people are not showing themselves and are only using others identity as their purpose to scam more people believing that they could make a good project promising investors to earn fast and easy money.

[o_e_l_e_o]

I am completely on board with the privacy side of wearing a mask. I've worn a surgical mask for so many years every day at work that I don't even notice I'm wearing them anymore - the same as wearing glasses. I'm more than happy to wear them in public, and will continue to do so for years to come, long after they are no longer mandatory.

[tsaroz]

Mask won't save you now.

“It can detect crime suspects, terrorists or make reports or warnings,” he said.

But the system struggles to identify people with both a mask and sunglasses, he said.

“In this situation, all of the key facial information is lost. In such cases recognition is tough,” Huang said.

https://www.ft.com/content/42415608-340c-4c0a-8c93-f22cdd4cc2d6

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-facial-recognition/even-mask-wearers-can-be-idd-china-facial-recognition-firm-says-idUKKBN20W0WL

And as of mask advertisement, there are already enough people advertising political and racial views on their mask.

[Dabs]

If you are using just a regular mask that has no design on it, you can probably put contrasting lines or colors that effectively throws off any facial recognition software or makes it more difficult to identify the person.

Draw some fake smiley or just even whisker lines with a thick pen.

Dark sunglasses may be suspect, so you could wear any other glasses with contrasting colors, maybe a black frame or zebra patterns or something.

[yazher]

Yeah! crminals also have some advantages with this so-called new normal. In our city alone, shooting incidents is highly intraceble. Those criminals can get away easily now. Even the CCTV cannot give us any enlightenment about the crime and most of the time we can not see them through the CCTV's installed in the city proper. It is because of the damn mask people doing crimes cannot be trace that easily anymore because everyone in the town is wearing the damn mask.



This is just an alibi! they need think another alternative method or all those criminals can shoot whoever they want even though in the middle of the day in the city proper.

[squatz1]

I mean honestly this is something that I think can sell privacy advocates on. Now you get to wear a mask and no one will think different of you. You'll probably be able to wear masks for the next year or so as it'll still be acceptable, and might be mandated at that point as well. So yeah, you'll be able to avoid all of those pesky facial recognition camera and you get to wear a mask all of the time while in public.

May this pandemic have some downsides relating to privacy? Yes, as well. Some apps are being auto installed on your phones to track you and find out if you've been in contact (or potentially been in contact) with someone who has COVID. Further, it may be a bit harder to use cash in some places as they don't want to physically tough any money -- they'd much rather take a card, which will hurt your privacy.

But yeah, masks do have a dual use and people have to sell people on that side of things too if they don't really care about the covid part of it.

[Cryptotourist]

This is just an alibi! they need think another alternative method or all those criminals can shoot whoever they want even though in the middle of the day in the city proper.

Didn't see this one coming:


https://www.leaf.healthcare/compare-products

... something something, thesis, antithesis, synthesis, such a mess.
The "private jet" my ass. The joke is on us right?

[Police Indo]

that's what happened. the existence of masks actually also makes it difficult for the security forces if a crime occurs. CCTV and witnesses had difficulty in giving testimony because the perpetrator's face was not recognized. can you recognize someone only by eye?  it's hard guys.

[BADecker]

President Trump's Covid mask isn't keeping him very private - https://toofab.com/2020/07/02/donald-trump-lone-ranger-bette-midler/ :

Donald Trump FINALLY kinda sorta agreed to wear a mask this week — but only because it makes him look cool.

Having resisted wearing one — despite the CDC guidelines — since the very start of the coronavirus pandemic, the President finally relented a little bit on Wednesday, after musing it makes him "look like the Lone Ranger".

"I had a mask on. I sort of liked the way I looked. OK. I thought it was OK. It was a dark black mask, and I thought it looked OK," he told Fox Business News in an interview.




 

[franky1]

I heard that someone was collecting all the old masks and linking them together. the idea is to create a Covid block chain the block the virus from entering some public areas. I don't believe it, and I'm in the other camp. I support DeFi - we should all defi the rubbish restrictions that are causing so much economic damage just to facilitate a global reset.

The worst problems seem to come from the appointment of halfwit politicians. Maybe we should convert them all to segwits. For those who don't know - a "seg" is a boar that has been castrated as a mature animal.

he is on the other camp
he wants to risk human lives. he doesnt want to hide his face and all he cares about is the government fiat.

now that is one hell of a misdirect and a weird promotion he is pushing. defying government by doing what the government wants. remember the health system is not government and the government is fighting against heath by telling people that they wont pay out much longer for health issues.

jetcash really doesnt realise which camp he has joined.
i would rather governments stop bailing out billionaire businesses. and instead pay for healthcare and housing for the low income... but jetcash wants the opposite