but they are not twins.... okay, how do you explain the second video when the second kid is clearly a lot younger than his brother?
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Face ID Appears to Fail at Telling Apart Brothers Who Aren't Twins in New Videos [Updated]
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but they are not twins.... okay, how do you explain the second video when the second kid is clearly a lot younger than his brother?
iPhone X will substitute gene test to identify blood relationships! Big money saver!
With the iPhone X now in the hands of thousands of customers around the world, many early adopters are putting Face ID to the test to see if Apple's facial authentication system is as secure as it advertises.
Apple says the probability that a random person in the population could look at someone else's iPhone X and unlock it using Face ID is approximately 1 in 1,000,000, compared to 1 in 50,000 for Touch ID, but it notes the probability of a false match is different for twins and siblings who look like you.
We've already seen that Face ID can be fooled by identical twins, and now a video shared on Reddit appears to confirm that Face ID can sometimes fail to distinguish between siblings who aren't twins but have similar appearances.
In the video, the sibling who set up Face ID on his iPhone X was able to unlock the device with his face as expected. Next, he handed the iPhone to his brother. Face ID didn't authenticate his brother's face upon first attempt, but once he put on a pair of black rim glasses, his face was able to unlock the iPhone X.
Apple has been very transparent that Face ID can be less reliable in these situations, so the video doesn't come across as a PR disaster in the making for the company. But, it does visualize that Face ID isn't 100 percent failproof.
For those concerned about the security of their iPhone X in these cases, Apple's only recommendation is to use a traditional passcode instead of Face ID for authentication. Unfortunately, at least for the time being, that means disabling one of the key new features of a smartphone that costs at least $1,000.
Update: A similar video has surfaced of two half-brothers unlocking the same iPhone X with Face ID. The younger brother is supposedly 14 years old.
Not only do the siblings look somewhat similar, but Apple said probability of a false match is also different among children under the age of 13, because their distinct facial features may not have fully developed. Perhaps the 14-year-old brother falls within that category, even if slightly older.
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I assume with software updates getting in to the iPhone will be a lot faster. I’m really enjoying the Face ID feature.
Jesus. That's a lot of absurd conjecture on your part. There are lots of people (like me) who have gobs of money, were up around launch time, and are not interested this year for any number of reasons.
Then it should not be used as a security lock. Never heard of any locking mechanism requires waiting time to take effect
Seriously? You call BS on something you see with your own eyes because it doesn't agree with the story you've built up in your head--that Apple products are flawless? Get a grip.
Impossible......they never worked on it and now acccording to experts here, every Android manufacturer is desperately working on their version of FaceID(entical)
In fairness, you haven't heard of it because the concept of a locking system powered with machine learning is a new concept. That doesn't make it flawed.
On iPhone 8, I tested adding a new fingerprint to Touch ID. Every time I touched the home button, I alternated between 4 different fingers (2 fingers from each hand) until the setup was complete. None of those fingers were previously registered. After setup was complete, all 4 of those fingers registered as the same fingerprint when I touched the home button. And I was able to unlock the phone using any of those 4 fingers.
This would seem to be a way of getting around the 5 finger limit in Touch ID. I did not try combining fingers from different people. Maybe the same trick could be used to get around the single face limit in Face ID.
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Machine learning is not an execuse to delay the security lock. Any technology should not put a lock in uncertain status.
Well, you did say life im pretty sure technology doesnt fall into that category...
Apple will have Face ID with thermal mapping, that will reduce the risk of accidental unlocking another persons device.
It still more secure than Samsung lame implementation and no security is 100% secure, even TouchID was not perfect.
I still like the direction of going towards face detection than finger print as face detection can be used for other stuff just as Apple has shown with ani-emoji
I still like the direction of going towards face detection than finger print as face detection can be used for other stuff just as Apple has shown with ani-emoji
Look, I'm about the last person to defend Apple these days here. But what they are doing is pretty reasonable. You're stating an opinion without any justification for it. I don't see why a lock needs to be perfectly accurate out of the gate, or why it can't be allowed to be improved over time. And that's exactly how it works now; it fails some weird corner cases when put through some not-very-real-world tests, and then (if it works as expected--a big "if) will only get better from there.
Seems reasonable to me. And I wager it will seem reasonable to 99% of people.
Now I'd personally rather stick to Touch ID and plan to do so for now. But while there are lots of things to criticize about the iPhone X, this isn't one IMHO.
Ad companies will love this. So will the people who think it's everyone's duty to watch ads or else they are stealing. Face ID will solve the problem of people leaving the room during an ad to use the toilet or do something else. Forget about motion detectors, Face ID will ensure that people are actually looking at the screen with eyes open the whole time that the ad plays!
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I have a Surface Pro 4 tablet and I use the Windows Hello feature and I remember seeing a Microsoft ad showing that Windows Hello was so good that even identical twins couldn’t fool it.
I haven’t done or even seen any testing of the feature but for me it works mostly well. The only time Windows Hello fails is when I’m wearing full size headphones. I have one pair that it doesn’t have problems with and a second pair that it almost always fails with. This is with full size headphones.
I wonder if full size headphones will fool Face ID?
And I’m curious how Microsoft Hello stacks up against Face ID.
Apple has had many years to learn from Microsoft so it would be a huge disappointment to see Apple’s Face ID be a step or two behind Microsoft’s Windows Hello.
I haven’t done or even seen any testing of the feature but for me it works mostly well. The only time Windows Hello fails is when I’m wearing full size headphones. I have one pair that it doesn’t have problems with and a second pair that it almost always fails with. This is with full size headphones.
I wonder if full size headphones will fool Face ID?
And I’m curious how Microsoft Hello stacks up against Face ID.
Apple has had many years to learn from Microsoft so it would be a huge disappointment to see Apple’s Face ID be a step or two behind Microsoft’s Windows Hello.
Face ID.. what a colossal f-up. Bring out more emojis!
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Wish you had a clue how naive this statement is.
Good one. A picture and a contact lens is all it takes
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/05/23/samsung-s8s-iris-scanner-fooled-photograph-eye/
I watched both the videos but there is something weird about the second one which seems like a bigger Apple issue. The younger brother gets Face ID rejected a few times and the phone expects a pass code. He shuts the screen using the power button and tries again. At this time Face ID should have been disabled. Once it has asked for a passcode it should never go back to Face ID or Touch ID. What am I missing here.
its not just any picture. it has to be a picture taken with a camera that can capture infrared light. it has to be a specific size. so someone's gonna go up to someone to snap a pic of them and then steal their phone?
one phone you gotta buy all this equipment to "hack" it. the iphone just gets fooled by family members on the first day of launch....
Maybe she is not human and it will be confirmed after she is not able to use Face ID either.
Sorry I couldn’t resist the joke. My wife’s resting heart rate is really low and she is nowhere close to being an athlete. I always wonder if she is human.
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Remember finger prints are unique when you consider all fingers together. With one finger it is probably not as unique.