I don't see the advantage of hiding the ANBU ninjas faces. Who are they hiding them from and why? Think about it like this. If konoha ANBU assassinate someone, the retaliation will be against konoha. If a konoha anbu is captured and his mask is revealed to the enemy so what? He has the big konoha head protector so its not like people can't tell where he's from. I'm going to come out and say it. The only reasons they wear the masks are:
1) they're cool
2) they're symbolic (of being faceless assassins)
I don't think protecting the ANBU ninja's identities is really of any concern to konoha.
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