Vietnamese firm trips up iPhone X's Face ID with elaborate mask & makeup
A Vietnamese security firm says it has managed to bypass the iPhone X's Face ID system using a mask, in spite of Apple efforts to specifically prevent that deception, but regular users have no obvious reasons to be concerned about the alleged efforts.
The mask combines a 3D-printed frame with makeup, a silicone nose, and 2D images, plus "special processing" in select areas. In a demonstration video, an iPhone X is shown unlocking for both the mask and the person it's based on.
The security firm, Bkav, claims this proves facial recognition is "not mature enough" for either smartphones or computers, having previously bypassed safeguards on some laptops.
During Apple's iPhone X event in September, marketing head Phil Schiller said that the company "worked with professional mask makers and makeup artists in Hollywood" during development, even creating a collection of masks to train the X's neural network.
In practice Bkav-style masks are unlikely to pose a threat, since they would not only be difficult and expensive to make, but require the dimensions of a person's face and detailed imagery.
AppleInsider recently put the iPhone X through a series of tests to see how well Face ID can replace Touch ID.
The mask combines a 3D-printed frame with makeup, a silicone nose, and 2D images, plus "special processing" in select areas. In a demonstration video, an iPhone X is shown unlocking for both the mask and the person it's based on.
The security firm, Bkav, claims this proves facial recognition is "not mature enough" for either smartphones or computers, having previously bypassed safeguards on some laptops.
During Apple's iPhone X event in September, marketing head Phil Schiller said that the company "worked with professional mask makers and makeup artists in Hollywood" during development, even creating a collection of masks to train the X's neural network.
In practice Bkav-style masks are unlikely to pose a threat, since they would not only be difficult and expensive to make, but require the dimensions of a person's face and detailed imagery.
AppleInsider recently put the iPhone X through a series of tests to see how well Face ID can replace Touch ID.
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Bingo. This is just like all the TouchID hacks. Nobody shows a video of the entire process end-to-end so you have no idea how many times they failed or how they did the device enrollment.
Think aboht it, they had to build a mask well enough to try to fill it. They build it a bit, doesn’t work, enter passcode, some training ensues. Repeat until you get to where both the person and the mask enable entry.
Total BS to even give false attention to these people so that more people will be too afraid to trust the higher security.
Still it does point to another possible point of failure for FaceID:
What if a pickpocket steals your phone, then shouts, “Hey you!”
When you turn around, he takes a 3D scan of your face, a picture of your eyes and a mould of your nose, before running off.
Now, with access silicon casting apparatus, a 3D printer and a reasonably talented portrait artist, he now has access to your phone until you reach can reach a computer to brick it … which will probably take you about an hour.
What is “special processing”?
These people need to show their working.
30,000 dots will probably be doubled, length will be extended, cameras will be better, InVisahe tech and who knows what else.
This will allow better FaceID, more accurate Animoji, object recognition, Better AR, better photo filters etc.
There’s a video on YouTube with a special camera that shows the dots and it obviously looks like 1st gen tech that can be improved.