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Face recognition/logging in?

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Lukaapple

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Is there an app to log into my mac with face recognition ?
If not does anyone know of a cool exciting way to login to your mac and just type a lame password ???
 
simsaladimbamba said:
I don't know of such software, but if there is, then it has to be already running, but as you haven't logged into the Mac, it won't be running yet.
Why do you need to login that often? Don't you use the SLEEP feature?
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If Lukaapple works in a somewhat secure (physically) office or cubicle, they might want/need screen-lock. In which case, face recognition could work as a post-login process.
 
Lukaapple said:
Is there an app to log into my mac with face recognition ?
If not does anyone know of a cool exciting way to login to your mac and just type a lame password ???
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Isn't it obvious that face recognition for login is easily circumvented? I mean, could just hold up a photograph of the person in front of the camera, yes?

And if you are thinking about fingerprint scan, that too has proved to be easily spoofed.

Bottom line: Use a strong password.

Spidey!!!
 
I don't think holding a photo up to the camera would work as I believe technology like this requires more then one dimension, so a photo, being one dimensional would not fool it. When it registers a face, it takes into account more then one dimension, so the same dimensions are required when attempting to log in.
 
ashman70 said:
I don't think holding a photo up to the camera would work as I believe technology like this requires more then one dimension, so a photo, being one dimensional would not fool it. When it registers a face, it takes into account more then one dimension, so the same dimensions are required when attempting to log in.
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That's really nice to say, but as they say, the software can only be as good as the hardware. If the camera only images in 2D you WILL be able to spoof the camera with a photograph.

Only way I could imagine this being reasonably secure is if the software took a video of the user rotating their head from left to right (full-face and profile views would not be enough -- just spoof with two photographs)...
 
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ashman70 said:
I don't think holding a photo up to the camera would work as I believe technology like this requires more then one dimension, so a photo, being one dimensional would not fool it. When it registers a face, it takes into account more then one dimension, so the same dimensions are required when attempting to log in.
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Well yeah, maybe in the cia... Most consumer version would have been fooled by a picture
 
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