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Android facial recognition based unlocking can be fooled with photo

Author: Mohit Kumar onSaturday, November 12, 2011
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Android facial recognition based unlocking can be fooled with photo


Another Android Feature Exploited, Funny that Android facial recognition based unlocking can be fooled with photo . Check out the video below, courtesy of Malaysia’s SoyaCincau :

He said "While some of you think that it is a trick and I had set the Galaxy Nexus up to recognise the picture, I assure you that the device was set up to recognise my face. I have a few people there watching me do the video and if any one of them is watching this video I hope you can confirm that this test is 100% legit.".
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