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bondant on Feb 28, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Unidentified Halo, an anti-surveillance wearable p...

Well I don't know if you would consider France a free country or not, but it is illegal to hide your face in public space in France (unless it's for medical reasons or for a special event and so on). So I guess hiding your face from the face recognition system would be also illegal.

https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F21613

t0bia_s on Feb 28, 2023 | [–]

I wasn't long time ago wearing a mask mandatory on many places. So I guess it would be fine to cover face "because of fear from covid"?

beached_whale on Feb 28, 2023 | [–]

I would say it’s a law that violates what is generally a freedom of expression.

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