Why Covid may mean more facial recognition tech – Yahoo News Australia

Facial recognition systems are being adapted to work when people are wearing masks
Like many people who began to wear a face mask during the pandemic, Hassan Ugail quickly noticed one or two technical niggles.
His iPhone started having trouble recognising his face, which is how he preferred to unlock the device when out and about.
“I kind of have to take my mask off,” says Prof Ugail, an expert in facial recognition at the University of Bradford. “I would rather it let me in by just looking at my…

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