Apple, during the iPhone X launch, said that its Face ID facial recognition system is much more secure than the Touch ID fingerprint scanner. The company claims that the chance of someone unlocking your phone is 1:1,000,000, up from 1:50,000 with Touch ID.
But that doesn't necessarily mean Face ID will protect your device, as Vietnamese security firm Bkav managed to unlock Apple's super duper feature with the help of a specially made mask with the face of an iPhone X owner.
The mask was made with a 3D printer, 2D images, a silicon nose, and plenty of makeup. The result, as you'll see, was quite strange, but capable of fooling the iPhone X's Face ID into thinking it was the real owner of the device.
The Vietnamese company says that with special processing, and really subtle tweaks to certain parts of the face, they 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 a lot of expertise, resources, and time. So it will probably be a bit difficult to see many masks being released. But this particular experiment brings up a very big issue for Apple:
If a security firm managed to bypass facial recognition just days after the device was officially released, it means others could do the same. The first name that comes to mind is the FBI.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation often criticizes Apple for not helping authorities gain access to locked iPhones of terrorists.
So the FBI is obviously happy with the above news, as it has the know-how, resources, and time to create masks..
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