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I doubt that this would happen.

Why do you think so? Because of bad Pr Google and Amazon will not do it ? but will some other company do it ?

It could be done with "google glasses" like devices too, why do you think it will not happen? Because of existing laws or because there is no money for a big corporation to extract?

Yea I think: - Google and Amazon etc won’t touch it cause it is bad PR - stores won’t buy it cause it’s bad PR; fear of boycotting etc. - physical retail is already on the decline; why spend money in a dying industry - the whole project would have one big flaw - people wearing masks

So if the masks will be here forever then this guys complaining they can't use face recognition anymore in public places do not know this or they are betting that masks will be gone soon.

Rephrase please.

We have:

1 some people complaining that EU will block innovation if it is not allowed to do face recognition on public places or without consent. This people want to "disrupt/innovate"

2 we have the theory that people will wear masks so facial recognition is impossible

So 1 and 2 can't happen at the same time, if the guys from 1 need to innovate then they need no masks , if 2 will happen then the guys from 1 are complaining for nothing because the virus fucked up their disruptive ideas.

Sorry if I was unclear before.

Yea it's a weird situation for sure. I would assume that any facial recognition attempt has taken a hit with masks being so prevalent.

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