East is EastDuring the soccer World Cup last year, Russia famously deployed facial recognition to help police the event. "In future, 5G will allow us to expand the system with new devices like facial recognition glasses for police officers. We are testing augmented reality glasses with embedded facial recognition capabilities together with Ntechlab company, which is known for creating the facial recognition tool FindFace." FindFace is a highly accurate facial recognition engine, the standout in a country known for its prowess in the space. The response of those citizens to 105,000 facial recognition cameras though, citywide, remains to be seen.

Source: Forbes April 07, 2019 08:57 UTC