Apple at the launch of the iPhone X, reported that face recognition system Face ID is much safer than the Touch ID fingerprint reader. The company claims that the likelihood of someone unlocking your phone is 1: 1.000,000, by 1: 50.000 that was with the Touch ID.
But that does not necessarily mean that Face ID will protect your device as Vietnamese security firm Bkav has unlocked Apple's super duper feature with the help of a specially crafted mask with the face of an iPhone X owner.
The mask was made with an 3D printer, 2D images, a silicon nose and plenty of makeup. The result you see as well was pretty strange but capable of fooling the iPhone's Face ID so that he thinks he's the real owner of the device.
The company from Vietnam states that with special processing, και πραγματικά λεπτά tweaks σε ορισμένα μέρη του person, are enough to bypass Apple's facial recognition, as you will see in the video below.
It goes without saying that this is a very expensive mask that requires abundant know-how, resources and time. So it will be rather difficult to see many masks circulating. But this experiment brings to mind a very big issue for Apple:
If a security company managed to bypass face recognition, a few days after the official launch of the device, that means others could do the same. The first name that comes to mind is the FBI.
The Federal service of the US, often criticizes Apple for not helping authorities gain access to locked iPhones of terrorists.
So the FBI obviously delights in the above news, as it has the know-how, resources and time to create masks…
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