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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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3D-Printed Heads Let Hackers – and Cops – Unlock Your Phone
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by looorg on Monday December 24 2018, @10:49AM
Does it actually need the entire head? Just printing a/the face would be a lot faster and cheaper. Perhaps just a mask that you put on or over your own face (or some kind of dummy head).
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Monday December 24 2018, @10:52AM (2 children)
if someone can get a good enough scan of your head to unlock the phone, they could probably just unlock your phone, with your face...
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 24 2018, @11:27AM
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.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 24 2018, @07:06PM
The scan would have to be acquired beforehand. Don't know if the face unlock is resilient when bumps and bruises are involved.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by bradley13 on Monday December 24 2018, @02:17PM
Why bother with 3D? Cameras are, in the end, basically taking 2D images. In other experiments, a simple picture [arstechnica.com] suffices.
Biometrics are not passwords. News at 11:00.
Also: passwords may be legally protected (depending on where you are). However, afaik, any police anywhere are allowed to point your phone at your face to unlock it.
Everyone is somebody else's weirdo.
(Score: 4, Touché) by KritonK on Monday December 24 2018, @02:35PM (2 children)
Actually, it's bad news if you're an iPhone X user: criminals will have to use your own head to unlock your phone!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 24 2018, @07:09PM (1 child)
Screw biometrics, I'll just use a password, thanks.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Tuesday December 25 2018, @09:59PM
Weak against $5-wrench attack.
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