Posted on 09/17/2017 10:00:26 AM PDT by BenLurkin
Consumers are already questioning whether FaceID could be spoofed. And it's also possible police would be able to more easily unlock phones without consent by simply holding an individual’s phone up to his or her face.
But FaceID should create fear about another form of government surveillance: mass scans to identify individuals based on face profiles. Law enforcement is rapidly increasing use of facial recognition; one in two American adults are already enrolled in a law enforcement facial recognition network, and at least one in four police departments have the capacity to run face recognition searches.
Still, until now, co-opting consumer platforms hasn’t been an option. While Facebook has a powerful facial recognition system, it doesn’t maintain the operating systems that control the cameras on phones, tablets, and laptops that stare at us every day.
Apple’s new system changes that. For the first time, a company will have a unified single facial recognition system built into the world's most popular devices—the hardware necessary to scan and identify faces throughout the world.
(Excerpt) Read more at wired.com ...
An almost identical article, just substitute TouchID, was written several years ago by the same author and published in the same journal, when Apple came out with its subcutaneous non-fingerprint scanning system.
A footnote from WIRED on this article indicates this article was not generated by one of their staff writers but was submitted by an outside source. I suspect it was likely sourced from an Apple competitor, perhaps Samsung, a company whose financial papers indicate their yearly marketing expenses are four to five times larger than their advertising expenses due to paying for such things as astroturfing, social media trolling, spiffing their products with sales people, and product give-away programs.
I think you mean the LG V30, which is not even out yet.
The new Iphone 8 still has the fingerprint button. It is just the X that has face ID option. BTW, fingerprint sensors may not work on senior citizens. My Dad has that problem...
NOOOO....REALLY???
Microchips AND the internet.
It is also of interest that the Federal Government was responsible for the development of both, NASA and the Air Force funded the IC industry (a prerequisite for microprocessors), and the DoD (not AlGore) backed the creation of the internet ...
It’s not “of interest” it’s progress. They’re good technologies. They make data processing easier. Easier data processing helps anybody that processes data. Which includes me, and the FBI.
Technology is neutral, it simply exists, it is not good or bad it’s a tool. You can use a hammer to build a house, or you can use it to cripple a child, the hammer isn’t good or bad.
“can you hold a photo of the person in front of the iPhone to get access?”
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No, you’ll have to get a Microsoft, Samsung or other Android device with “facial recognition” if you want to do that trick.
“...law enforcement will be unable to resist the vast database at their fingertips.”
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There is NO database of Apple’s facial recognition software. Apple INTENTIONALLY, for the benefit of their customers’ security/privacy, designed it so Apple doesn’t collect the data and is, in fact, incapable of accessing that data which resides in ONLY one place...the customer’s iPhone. See post 9 above.
Except in the offices of elected officials where they are actually needed.
This is absolutely true.
We used the very same technology and scientists funded by the Nazis for war to get to the Moon.
However a very reasonable argument can be made that D.C. now holds the Constitution and the voters in contempt, and can no longer be trusted to use technology for good. A recent example is the House passing a bill to force autonomous vehicles on the roads, overriding the various States who have prohibited them.
No. . . nor will a video, or a sculpture work.
it doesn't even work with a 3D image. It has to be a real face. They experimented with 3D imaging, no go. 3D imaging is still a 2D flat surface simulating a 3D object. Apple's implementation works with a specific wavelength of infrared light projected from an LED on the iPhone which maps dots onto the user's face, a sensor then measures the distances of those dots and compares them to a stored, encrypted map of the user's face. If it matches, and the user is paying attention in a species way, it unlocks. If not, it won't. It has to be intentional.
The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus which were released this week have the same processing speed as the iPhone X, and the 8 Plus has the same battery life as the X and "wireless" charging, but both the 8 and 8 Plus still have TouchID and not FaceID, so not to worry, you can have the iPhone's security and touch to unlock it too.
The Apple "fingerprint" reader actually doesn't read fingerprints, it reads the subcutaneous fat valleys and ridges underneath the skin of the fingers. Older people start to lose those fat ridges which what supports the skin. The pattern slightly changes as the body reclaims the fat exaggerating the valleys. Extreme dieters can have this issue as well. Try re-doing the initial imprinting of his fingers. That could solve your dad's problem with the TouchID unlocking his iPhone.
The Apple "fingerprint" reader actually doesn't read fingerprints, it reads the subcutaneous fat valleys and ridges underneath the skin of the fingers. Older people start to lose those fat ridges which what supports the skin. The pattern slightly changes as the body reclaims the fat exaggerating the valleys. Extreme dieters can have this issue as well. Try re-doing the initial imprinting of his fingers. That could solve your dad's problem with the TouchID unlocking his iPhone.
They do hold the Constitution in contempt, but that has nothing to do with technology. Facial recognition IS good security, period. Autonomous vehicles ARE the future, period. Will the government find ways to abuse them? Has the government found ways to abuse everything? That’s just life.
Why aren't you using Apple's keychain to create and keep track of your passwords? It works across all Apple devices and is essentially foolproof and extremely secure.
The other issue on TouchID is based on the fact that the technology is really not optical in nature nor is it truly a "scanner." Apple's far more secure system works on the subcutaneous structures of the finger below the actual fingerprint. That's why a photo of a fingerprint doesn't work on TouchID like it will on other maker's systems. Building a sensor into a Retina display that includes such a sensor without disrupting or distorting the display is nigh on to impossible at this time. Placing a home button sized sensor on the back of the device has its usability and human interface issues that for many applications are insurmountable.
At his age he doesn’t care about these things..
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