Chinese firm's facial recognition could ID you under a mask Digital Trends

Let's say you live in a country where there's been reports of massive outbreaks of a highly contagious viral infection. Hypothetically, let's call this infection "coronavirus." To avoid spreading this "coronavirus," many people have taken to wearing medical face masks when going about their everyday life. These masks don't do much, medically speaking, but it's considered the polite thing to do. Now, let's also say that the government there is notorious for widespread and unregulated use of facial-recognition technology as a way to both fight crime and to identify and silence political dissidents.