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Re:iPhone X by 2muchcoffeeman on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @03:02AM (#15236125)
This is not the first time Android has had face recognition to unlock phones. I remember the first time they tried, it was trivially easy to snap a picture of your colleague and open his phone.
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Re:iPhone X by wlesieutre on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @04:14PM (#15242156)
Yes indeed. Face Unlock was apparently from Ice Cream Sandwich and fell for this back in 2011:

https://techcrunch.com/2011/11/11/android-facial-unlock-phot...

That's a beta version and I can't guarantee it was true of the release version, but since all they were working with was the normal front facing camera I doubt they were able to make this secure.

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