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Android facial recognition Unlock feature can be hacked using digital photo


Android facial recognition Unlock feature can be hacked using digital photo.  Google Android provide feature "Ice Cream Sandwich" that unlock a phone via Facial recognition.

A blogger showed the facial recognition technology can be fooled if it is presented with a digital picture.

"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," he said in a YouTube video.

It is going to be work if the attacker has your digital photo.   Thief can't recognize whose phone is ,so he can't be unlock it.

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