Monday, 14 November 2011
Face Recognition On Android 4.0 Can Be Tricked.
Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) has a cool new feature, where the users can unlock the mobile device using face recognition technology. Well, it seems like the face unlock feature which Google showed off with much enthusiasm (though it failed a couple of times during the announcement) can be easily tricked. The timing of this new bug will strike Google and Samsung (because the video shows a couple of Samsung devices in use for the demo) hard since the launch is nearing. However, we believe that Google will come up with a solution soon. The video below shows how the guy uses an image of himself from the Galaxy Note to unlock the display on the Galaxy Nexus. If it's this easy to trick, we can't seem to figure out the point of this new feature. Users might as well use the typical lock pattern which is a bit harder to trick. Watch the video below to see how easily the demonstrator tricks the Galaxy Nexus. This, however, doesn't take anything away from the other neat features that come packed with ICS.
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Fortunately not all face recognition solutions are the same. Sensible Vision is a leading supplier of authentication solutions. We have sold FastAccess facial recognition solution to over 5.5 million Windows users including many in high security, enterprise institutions. FastAccess has industry leading photo resistance. A sophisticated attack can still defeat virtually all security methods including FastAccess. This is why we it's important to disclose possible vulnerabilities and offer simple and effective solutions. For example, FastAccess offers fast and convenient two factor authentication that eliminates the possibility of a "replay attack" like the one used to defeat the Ice Cream Sandwich solution.
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