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This is an interesting update on the state of iris detection, but I don't think "stolen eyeball" is a realistic threat model that you would have to protect your
by Timpy 7y ago
This is an interesting update on the state of iris detection, but I don't think "stolen eyeball" is a realistic threat model that you would have to protect yourself against. Sure, detecting the difference between an authentic iris and a photo is sensible, but if you have an actor willing to acquire another person's eyeball I can't help but feel like a retina scanner won't be the thing that ultimately foils their plans.
- meowface 7y agoIt doesn't seem that implausible given a military (or terrorist) operation of some kind. If you're raiding an important locked-down government facility, armed to the teeth but unable to enter the facility with explosives, then it seems reasonable to try forcing an employee to stand next to the scanner (which this technology obviously wouldn't prevent), or knocking them out or killing them and putting their face up to the scanner. Though ideally the facility would use MFA (combining the retina scan with a passcode or something).