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by jdjdjdjdjduuuu 997 days ago
They probably can still do it with facial recognition
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Great idea for the next ban!
Too bad it takes them decades to act on anything... Almost as if they wait for the next tracking method to be viable
Face mask, fedora, and sunglasses.
This. Masks are a lot more acceptable in public than they were 5 years ago. Given the mass surveillance going around, I'm surprised more people aren't in favour of regular mask wearing in public.
I think there’s too much overlap here between the people concerned about surveillance enough to wear a mask, and the people who don’t want to wear masks because it was the government who told them to do so in the first place.

At least in the US.

As a data point, I hate wearing masks because, and maybe its just me, it's much harder for me to breathe wit a mask on. Makes me really, really out of breath.

Also, if this counts as social media, this is the only one I use, because I don't want to give any information away about myself within my control. So given the option of mask/fedora/sunglasses or nothing, I'd take the former.

If you see someone passed out in a fedora/sunglasses/mask outside, it may be me or someone like me who just got really dizzy because of a lack of oxygen.

On the breathing thing, I am quite tall and have a large lung capacity, I've always wondered if that had anything to do with my mask struggles.

I guess my point is, masks aren't a political thing for everyone, just the loud ones.

Gait recognition can identify you 50 meters away without need for facial recognition.
I bet it can’t
It almost certainly can't if you put a small rock in your shoe.
Today algos can identify people by their walking habits. (cue Ministry of Silly Walks)
And an RF shield for your personal tracking device.