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Researchers break iPhone’s FaceID by putting modified glasses on unconscious people

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Geekz Snow
Researchers break iPhone’s FaceID by putting modified glasses on unconscious people

Security researchers have cracked Apple’s FaceID biometric system yet again.

But there’s an unusual caveat to this trick: to successfully unlock an iPhone, the attackers first need to make sure the victim is out cold.

The attack involves putting a pair of modified glasses on the victim’s face.

That, coupled with carefully placing a piece of tape over the glasses’ lenses, makes it possible to circumvent FaceID and log into a victim’s iPhone.

Of course, the exploit is fairly difficult to pull off considering the attackers would need to figure out how to put the glasses on a victim without waking them up.

The attack leverages a biometrics function called “liveness” detection, designed to tell apart “fake” versus “real” features on people.

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