Think your mask makes you invisible to facial recognition? Not so fast, AI companies say

(CNN Business)The future of facial recognition technology may depend on one very specific part of the face: the area around the eyes. Before the global pandemic, facial recognition systems typically worked by comparing measurements between different facial features in one image to those in another picture. But when you're wearing a mask over your nose, mouth, and cheeks, you're offering up a fraction of the information normally used to figure out your identity. Now, numerous facial recognition companies say they are focusing on better identifying people based on the portion of the face above the nose and, in particular, the eye region. The stakes are high to get it right, and soon. "If the...