Signal does weird stuff sometimes. For a while it has been bugging me to add a last name with the only options are either to add one or to “remind me later.” And they of course never forget to remind you again and again, week in and week out. Until I eventually succumb and add one I guess?<p>Not sure what their angle is.
They should mention if these are just face obfuscating bandanas or whether they provide SARS-CoV2 protection—which it seems they might not.<p>I don’t think people are short of face coverings but they might be short on “Covid” masks. That would be more useful.
I just saw an article that the AI is capable of identifying the person with 98% accuracy even with the face mask covering till eyes.<p>It was one of the protestors throwing something to the cop car recently, and they were able to identify her.<p>Trying to find the article
"Blur Tools for Signal" (<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23414556" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23414556</a>) was a huge thread the other day. How close is this?
The first thing China did back then was to order mask obscured face recognition upgrade. Pretty sure US has it too. So much for the "encrypt" part. Hope Sygnal puts more meaning into "encryption" when it comes to message encryption :)