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3D-Printed Heads Let Hackers – and Cops – Unlock Your Phone

posted by Fnord666 on Monday December 24 2018, @09:57AM   Printer-friendly
from the MI6-in-real-life dept.

MrPlow writes:

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There's a lot you can make with a 3D printer: prosthetics, corneas, firearms — even an Olympic-standard luge.

You can even 3D-print a life-size replica of a human head — and not just for Hollywood. Forbes reporter Thomas Brewster commissioned a 3D-printed model of his own head to test the face unlocking systems on a range of phones — four Android models and an iPhone X.

Bad news if you're an Android user: only the iPhone X defended against the attack.

Source: https://techcrunch.com/2018/12/16/3d-printed-heads-unlock-cops-hackers/

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 24 2018, @11:27AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 24 2018, @11:27AM (#778074)

    Word is that faces are now being scanned in public. Go anywhere in public and you run the risk of your fingerprints, head, face, irises, etc etc etc all being scanned into a database.
    Use a password on your phone. Don't let anyone see you type it in.

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