We live in a world where people can now go into banks and businesses wearing a mask - unthinkable a few months ago. Criminals can take advantage of the current virus crisis and use masks, not to control Covid 19, but to conceal their identity. Two reports show how human Super Recognisers can assist law enforcement agencies to identify those who commit crime with most of their face concealed.
Research by Prof Josh Davis of Greenwich University demonstrated that masked suspects can be identified by human Super Recognisers, see:
https://ef7ac492-0255-46b7-9653-75e8356be6c1.filesusr.com/ugd/9bb3fa_ea526c72142d4c5f8523167ec306cf11.pdf?index=true
Meanwhile, the US National Institute for Standards & Technology (NIST) notes that “Algorithms created before the pandemic generally perform less accurately with digitally masked faces.” People, in the form of Super Recognisers, are the solution.
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2020/07/nist-launches-studies-masks-effect-face-recognition-software