Pixel 4’s ‘Face Unlock’ works even if you’re asleep or dead — and that’s a problem
https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/10/18/pixel-4s-face-unlock-works-even-if-youre-asleep-or-dead-and-thats-a-problem/
Google’s new Pixel 4 smartphone doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor. Instead it relies on “Face Unlock,” a proprietary facial scanning system similar to the one found in Apple’s Face ID. Early reports show a system that works well, perhaps too well, in fact, according to some security experts.
To unlock a Pixel, the operator must hold it up to their face while onboard cameras and sensors go to work scanning their mug for defining characteristics — the distance between your eyes, for example. Once the device is confident it’s you, it unlocks and allows you to access the operating system.
Pixel 4’s ‘Face Unlock’ works even if you’re asleep or dead — and that’s a problem
Oct 18, 2019, 4:15am UTC
https://thenextweb.com/security/2019/10/18/pixel-4s-face-unlock-works-even-if-youre-asleep-or-dead-and-thats-a-problem/
> Google’s new Pixel 4 smartphone doesn’t have a fingerprint sensor. Instead it relies on “Face Unlock,” a proprietary facial scanning system similar to the one found in Apple’s Face ID. Early reports show a system that works well, perhaps too well, in fact, according to some security experts.
> To unlock a Pixel, the operator must hold it up to their face while onboard cameras and sensors go to work scanning their mug for defining characteristics — the distance between your eyes, for example. Once the device is confident it’s you, it unlocks and allows you to access the operating system.