Researchers Fooled Chinese Facial Recognition Terminals With Just a Mask (theverge.com) 24
Public facial recognition terminals in China can be fooled with just a mask, as some recent experiments have shown. The Verge reports: An AI company, Kneron, shared a video with The Verge of tests it ran at facial recognition terminals in China where it appeared to fool the systems. Kneron asked us not to publish the video, so we will describe what we saw -- and it looked pretty convincing. In two examples, a tester approaches AliPay and WeChat terminals at shops in China while wearing a 3D mask of his face, and the facial recognition system identifies the mask as his face, allowing the purchase. In another example, the same person feeds his ID card into a train station turnstile while wearing his mask, and the turnstile's facial recognition system accepts the mask as his face.
There are definitely limitations to this type of test, though. The video only shows one person making attempts with their mask, and it's unclear if that one mask worked in every single attempt, or if another mask would work for each one of these tests as well. It's also worth noting that none of the systems were relying entirely on facial recognition for identification. Both the AliPay and WeChat terminals required the person to enter digits of the phone number associated with their identity, and at the train station, you have to present a physical ID card before the facial recognition system even starts scanning. Also, you might hope another human would intervene if a person pulled out a mask of another human's face while trying to pay for groceries?
There are definitely limitations to this type of test, though. The video only shows one person making attempts with their mask, and it's unclear if that one mask worked in every single attempt, or if another mask would work for each one of these tests as well. It's also worth noting that none of the systems were relying entirely on facial recognition for identification. Both the AliPay and WeChat terminals required the person to enter digits of the phone number associated with their identity, and at the train station, you have to present a physical ID card before the facial recognition system even starts scanning. Also, you might hope another human would intervene if a person pulled out a mask of another human's face while trying to pay for groceries?
So? (Score:3)
People fooled natural intelligence equipped bank-tellers with masks for ages.
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But usually it was the corresponding weapon or threat of violence that spit out the money, not the mask.
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"But usually it was the corresponding weapon or threat of violence that spit out the money, not the mask."
Usually, it was a piece of paper saying:
"Putt all the money in the bag"
The mask was to hide your real identity, just as with AI.
He said that already. (Score:2)
But thank you Captain Verbose! Where would the votetards be without you?
I fooled drowning once with a small boat (Score:2)
That is the problem with most security tech (Score:3)
When it works, it does not actually do its job. It only does its job if it has no problematic failure modes. This here is just another example of developers incompetent with regards to security stopping when the thing works. Any good security tech must be able to withstand competent attacks and that is a bit more difficult to achieve than just having the thing apparently doing its job.
Security tech? (Score:2)
It said facial recognition.
Public information. Not security.
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Facial recognition is a security technology. How can you believe differently?
Also, one example given is somebody paying for something with the account of somebody else using a mask. (There was a second factor though, digits from the phone number of the impersonated user. Not really difficult to find out though.) Still do not see that this is security tech?
The Chinese are much more advanced (Score:1)
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Re: The Chinese are much more advanced (Score:2)
Probably? Maybe. Dogs often look quite distinct to us. Aliens might be the same.
That's not the point (Score:4, Interesting)
Also, you might hope another human would intervene if a person pulled out a mask of another human's face while trying to pay for groceries?
Yes, but so what? If it works with a mask then it will certainly work with prosthetic makeup. Use the computer to search for a face you can mimic by addition and not subtraction, make up some rubber bits, glue them on and apply makeup. Now you can be someone else all day.
Their what? (Score:2)
I didn't know that personal identification numbers were numbered! Now the question is, do PINNs have a PINNN too? GOTO 10
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You appear to be suffering from RAS Syndrome [wikipedia.org]
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"If it works with a mask then it will certainly work with prosthetic makeup. "
Fake hair, fake teeth, fake nose, fake lips, fake cheeks are not called "prosthetic makeup" they are called Hollywood Normalcy.
You can't see someone's face when they wear a mask (Score:2)
NO WAY!!!! Who would have guessed????
Biometics "security" has always been snake oil. (Score:2)
Just because it is complex, doesn't mean you aren't wearing your password openly in public.
Try that with a 8x8 inch QR code on your chest, and see how log before somebody scans it ⦠(Did you think about surveillance cameras doing it, before I told you? ;)
The future will be fun for black hats though. :)
Every thing will be on the on the Internet, and all the passwords will be publicly available.
Because "simple". --.--
Because expecting the customer to aspire to anything higher than a literal actual
Correction: How *long*. (Score:2)
Also, Slashdot mobile still lacks a preview, I still forget to proofread, and fun fact, in number/symbol mode, long.pressing the period key results in a proper Unicode ellipsis. Which /. of course is too stupid to process, UNLESS you force the site to UTF-8 in your browser. ^^
2 billion chinese dressed like V from Vendetta (Score:1)
Nice mask (Score:2)
Found a link to the mask they tested this with.
https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g... [ebayimg.com]
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Plenty of other Sino-stuff to worry about, though (Score:2)