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Hackers just broke the iPhone X's Face ID using a 3D-printed mask

15 pointsby _pdp_almost 7 years ago

4 comments

Pinbenterjaminalmost 7 years ago
I think that post title is a bit sensationalist.<p><i>The researchers concede, however, that their technique would require a detailed measurement or digital scan of a the face of the target iPhone&#x27;s owner. That puts their spoofing method in the realm of highly targeted espionage, rather than the sort of run-of-the-mill hacking most iPhone X owners might face.</i><p>Yes, if you have precise enough tools and can print a face that resembles the owner&#x27;s, and you wear that face, you&#x27;re going to &#x27;bypass&#x27; the recognition software, but are you really &#x27;breaking&#x27; it?<p>You can really see the researcher playing hard to the validity and value of the work here;<p><i>Bkav, meanwhile, didn&#x27;t mince words in its blog post and FAQ on the research. &quot;Apple has done this not so well,&quot; writes the company. &quot;Face ID can be fooled by mask, which means it is not an effective security measure.&quot;</i><p>I don&#x27;t know, it&#x27;s not &#x27;hacking&#x27; or even &#x27;breaking&#x27; enough to concern me.
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MR4Dalmost 7 years ago
Clickbait title.<p>Think about the level of work this requires vs spoofing a fingerprint. It is much higher and requires much more information.<p>In other words : if you spend a lot of time and money, you can spoof Face ID, but it’s a lot easier to do the fingerprint.<p>For reference, here’s an article (also from Wired) about how they hacked the fingerprint reader: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;iphone-fingerprint-cracked" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;09&#x2F;iphone-fingerprint-cracked</a>
leohalmost 7 years ago
It seems to me they may have trained the phone to recognize the mask as opposed to training it on a person and creating a mask.
StringyBobalmost 7 years ago
&#x27;just&#x27; in title means Nov 2017.