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OnePlus 6's face unlock gets fooled by a photo

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Peter 30 May 2018

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Ever since Apple did it, everyone jumped on the “Face Unlock” bandwagon. Except, unlike Apple, most just rely on the selfie camera and no additional hardware for a proper biometric authentication. And that just doesn't offer the same level of security.

@rik demonstrated that a OnePlus 6 will happily unlock with just a photograph of a face. Even a black & white photo worked! The phone was trained on Rik’s face.

I printed my face to unlock my OnePlus 6 for the lulz... it worked ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/rAVMq8JKBr

— rik (@rikvduijn) May 29, 2018

Well, there’s a reason that Apple jammed an entire Kinect in the iPhone X. And why Samsung and a few others use iris scanners. If you need a secure way to lock your OnePlus 6, stick with the fingerprint reader.

Strangely, the OnePlus 5T doesn’t seem to be fooled by photos, whether printed or on a digital screen.

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  • xyrotic
  • X}Q
  • 10 Jun 2018

Which mean it is still face unlocking

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  • Eyzerman
  • Hxh
  • 05 Jun 2018

You arw ignorant...what google impelemented was just a 2mp front camera...that takes a picture of a face...which could be easily fooled by a photo...iphones front camera is not a a normal camera it is a kinetic camera which is a company apple bought ...

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  • gsm.review
  • PxG
  • 01 Jun 2018

stop crying OPfan. :P

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