Hi, I think I read somewhere that facial recognition may not be as secure as we might like. If you show the phone a picture of the owners face that will unlock the phone. I am not sure where I read this, could have been Security Now. Max.
> On 19 Jun 2017, at 7:17 pm, Simon Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi List, > > I thought I’d ask this question and see what people think, > > I was looking at the new Samsung Galaxy S8 today and must admit it’s a bloody > nicely designed device, > However it’s an android device so it will be a very big second choice if I’m > to get a new phone. > > A couple of things I did note from it was a couple of security features, > > Facial scanning recognition for unlocking your phone and also iris scanning > recognition for also security like unlocking your phone etc, > > Now what I want to know is, > Will iris scanning work for a blind person? > > This feature on the S8 has a depth related scanning so it can’t seemingly be > fooled with a photo, > And in my case I still have my own eyes although they don’t work one is white > with I forget what, > But I wonder will this work for those of us with eyeballs? > > And more to the point will apple even look at these types of security > features in the next version of the iPhone? > > Discuss! > > Simon F > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you > can reach Cara at [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
