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submitted 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

It's already banned in EU in public spaces.

BUT

I've read those news a while ago so I don't remember if there were any shady exceptions or don't know if there were any changes made to it with time.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 59 minutes ago (1 children)

It's already banned in EU in public spaces.

Which is honestly terrible. I know it's the "it helps reducing crime by 0.1%" situation but it's just not a great decision for healthcare. Public places are the only places where you do need a mask if you have a serious infection (COVID or not).

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 56 minutes ago (1 children)

I meant the facial recognition thing. Or am I misunderstanding your response?

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 43 minutes ago (1 children)

I thought you were talking about masks because that was the last thing I was talking about in this thread.

The fact that FR is banned there is pretty surprising to me considering the direction the EU is going now.

[–] Martineski@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 30 minutes ago (1 children)

Oh well, I'm just checking this stuff again and this act ended up having big exceptions. Everything's still shit.

[–] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 minutes ago

Now that's more like the good old EU.