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Samsung features have always overpromised, undelivered. Remember the facial unlock that would allow a photo of someone to unlock the phone?

by jeron 4y ago

barbazoo 4y ago
That was a thing with one of the later Google Nexus phones, too.
- MBCook 4y ago
  Didn’t Windows have the same issue too?
  - barbazoo 4y ago
    The mobile OS? Did that even have face unlock? I don't recall that being a thing.
- Gigachad 4y ago
  Android added face unlock way back around 2012 for the Nexus 7 which was incredibly insecure. I think they eventually removed it.
flangola7 4y ago
Pixels are pixels. How is a camera supposed to know if a face is real or a color print? Facial recognition is a bunch of snake oil
- kalleboo 4y ago
  Apple uses a laser infrared dot projector. Other manufacturers cheap out on that part, or prioritize design (no notch/camera hole) over security.
  - ttt3ts 4y ago
    "Cheaping out" is not the best description. Apple has riddled the space with a ton of patents. https://insights.greyb.com/apple-facial-recognition-patents/ https://insights.greyb.com/apple-facial-recognition-patents/
    - kalleboo 4y ago
      Microsoft is using IR to do Windows Hello so there must be some workaround to the patents.
- edgyquant 4y ago
  How does Apple do it?
  - jacquesm 4y ago
    "The technology that enables Face ID is some of the most advanced hardware and software that we’ve ever created. The TrueDepth camera captures accurate face data by projecting and analyzing thousands of invisible dots to create a depth map of your face and also captures an infrared image of your face. " https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208108 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208108
- astrange 4y ago
  How do your eyes do it? (You can do it securely without a lidar by thinking about this.)
MikusR 4y ago
You mean the iris unlock? Turned out all those videos were fake. By eiter pressing the fingerprint sensor on the back. Or using a store demo unit.

Samsung features have always overpromised, undelivered. Remember the facial unlock that would allow a photo of someone to unlock the phone?

by jeron 4y ago

Samsung features have always overpromised, undelivered. Remember the facial unlock that would allow a photo of someone to unlock the phone?

barbazoo 4y ago

That was a thing with one of the later Google Nexus phones, too.

MBCook 4y ago
Didn’t Windows have the same issue too?
- barbazoo 4y ago
  The mobile OS? Did that even have face unlock? I don't recall that being a thing.
Gigachad 4y ago
Android added face unlock way back around 2012 for the Nexus 7 which was incredibly insecure. I think they eventually removed it.

flangola7 4y ago

Pixels are pixels. How is a camera supposed to know if a face is real or a color print? Facial recognition is a bunch of snake oil

kalleboo 4y ago
Apple uses a laser infrared dot projector. Other manufacturers cheap out on that part, or prioritize design (no notch/camera hole) over security.
- ttt3ts 4y ago
  "Cheaping out" is not the best description. Apple has riddled the space with a ton of patents. https://insights.greyb.com/apple-facial-recognition-patents/ https://insights.greyb.com/apple-facial-recognition-patents/
  - kalleboo 4y ago
    Microsoft is using IR to do Windows Hello so there must be some workaround to the patents.
edgyquant 4y ago
How does Apple do it?
- jacquesm 4y ago
  "The technology that enables Face ID is some of the most advanced hardware and software that we’ve ever created. The TrueDepth camera captures accurate face data by projecting and analyzing thousands of invisible dots to create a depth map of your face and also captures an infrared image of your face. " https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208108 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208108
astrange 4y ago
How do your eyes do it? (You can do it securely without a lidar by thinking about this.)

MikusR 4y ago

You mean the iris unlock? Turned out all those videos were fake. By eiter pressing the fingerprint sensor on the back. Or using a store demo unit.