Obvious solution
It's bloody difficult to write an algorithm that reliably recognises faces. Too many faces have a similar appearance, and the same face will have a different appearance at different times. Which is most unfair. How is a government supposed to keep track of the plebs when they all look the same?
So the obvious solution is to physically tag people's faces with something that a computer can easily differentiate. Instead of ID cards (which people can lose or leave at home and cannot be read from a distance), all it will need is a national program to tattoo large barcodes on people's faces. Say one on the forehead, one on the chin, and one on each cheek. Before you object, this can be done using invisible UV or IR reflective ink, so it will not be noticeable to the human eye. After the whole population has been tattooed, it can thereafter be automatically carried out at birth. Anyone who obscures their barcodes (say with scarves, hats or makeup) will cause the computers to flag up an unidentifiable citizen as soon as that person shows his face in public, so s/he can be speedily arrested. The illegal immigration problem will be solved immediately!
It might sound a tad OTT, but think of the children. Besides, it will have no effect whatsoever on people who have done nothing wrong, so if you have nothing to hide you have nothing to fear. Obviously Muslim women will be exempt on account of the fact that they cannot show their face for religious reasons. And, I suppose, anyone who chooses to self-identify as a Muslim woman.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
