As things are never purely good and bad, the outbreak of new killer pneumonia offers some hope in countering the proliferating camera surveillance system.
In Japan, it's common to wear a face-mask similar to the kind surgeons have during outbreaks of flu and during the cold season. The current airborne infection threat, if properly hyped and spinned (the sensationalist lust of the mainstream media could be helpful here) could cause it to be common in Western cultures as well. Once wearing a face mask becomes common, the efficiency of face-recognition based surveillance/identification systems will get qutie reduced. Opinions, comments?
