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Re:Windows Hello bypassed using infrared image by cwyptocuwency on Monday July 19, 2021 @10:37PM (#27889538)
Out of curiosity, why would showing a printed image of the user's face not have worked as well? Or, say, playing a video of the user's face from another device in front of the webcam? Does the biometric software look for glint or other characteristics of a replicating medium?
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Re:Windows Hello bypassed using infrared image by code_duck on Monday July 19, 2021 @10:54PM (#27889615)
From what I read the infrared version was defeated because it accepted a static image while the other requires video. It sounds to me like either one could be fooled by an appropriate video?
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