Sep 13, 2017Confirmed
Identical Twins Can Open Apple FaceID Protected Devices
Rogue: Caused harmAI loose in the worldInjectionDERIVED
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Apple's iPhone FaceID can be opened by an identical twin of the person who has registered their face to unlock the phone.
What this means for youAt home, a face unlock may open your phone for a close relative who looks very similar to you, so use a passcode for anything sensitive. At work, don't rely on face unlock alone to protect company devices. Governments should not treat face matching as proof of identity by itself.
Sources
- AI Incident Databasehttps://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/32
Data from the AI Incident Database (incidentdatabase.ai), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). McGregor, S. (2021) Preventing Repeated Real World AI Failures by Cataloging Incidents: The AI Incident Database. IAAI-21.
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