She has strategies to recognize people. My help is one. Another is clothing styles, gait, posture, etc.
And she does ask. It’s just socially awkward and disconnecting. And people often assume you don’t care if you meet them several times and don’t recognize them.
Again, I don’t think technology like this is good without serious protections in place.
My gf in particular probably wouldn’t use this. But I can see it being helpful for other people in similar circumstances.
And honestly I didn’t read the article. I figured they had it built into glasses like Google glass. Pulling out a phone to recognize people would be super awkward.