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 a 3D printer, 2D images, a silicon nose and plenty makeup. The result, as you will see, was quite strange, but capable of tricking the iPhone X's Face ID into thinking that it is the real owner of the device.
The company from Vietnam says that with special processing, and really subtle tweaks to certain parts of the face, it's enough to bypass Apple's facial recognition, as you'll see below video.
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 USA, frequently criticizes Apple for not helping authorities gain access to terrorists' locked iPhones.
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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