It’s a common misconception that facial recognition technology captures and stores an image of your face.
- Professor of Psychology and Science Communication, Head of Department of Sociological and Psychological Sciences, Abertay University
Research suggests that photo ID checks at polling stations risk voters being turned away because of errors.
Even though they cover most of our features, face masks are no match for our highly-evolved capacity to recognise friends.
Big brother is not watching you … yet.
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