>> Still not seeing a problem.
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It just gives the police and other officials to be more officious.
There is no obligation to show your face in public unless a specific order is in place.
However, this bloke got fined for covering his face...
metro.co.uk/2019/05/16/moment-man-fined-90-hiding-face-police-facial-recognition-cameras-9571463/
(Actually it was for failing the attitude test but it seems like the police poked the right points.)
I wear balaclavas regularly when cycling on cold winter mornings. I don't want to be stopped by every police officer demanding I remove it so they can face ID me. I also don't want my whereabouts stored and reviewed by any Tom, Dick or Harry in the Police, Govt, or Civil Service or local councils which they can do under The Investigatory Powers Act.
A case may be that I have a legitimate dispute with a council or councilor. The councilor may use his powers to search face-recognition points of me visiting my bookies at all hours and suggest that I have a gambling problem when in fact it has nothing to do with the case - it's a tenuous example but you get the drift.
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