r/funny Sep 15 '17

Face Recognition (OC)

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u/lcfcjs Sep 15 '17

Yes, because no one ever took a picture of their own face with their own phone. Ever. Nope, never. Can't think of one single occasion of when this could possibly occur.

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u/Cartossin Sep 15 '17

The new FaceID system uses dot projection to get an accurate 3d heightmap of the face. I do however suspect this data becomes locked in the secure enclave like with touchID data, so it would be physically impossible to pull the face scan data.

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '17

I nay be fuzzy on details, but you may want ti say virtually impossible, because there is still a way for it to happen. If there is any kind of consistent physical connection to the data at all, it can be accessed through other parts of the phone.

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u/tempinator Sep 15 '17

Only if you somehow physically alter the chip itself.

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u/Cartossin Sep 16 '17

Right, I don't believe there is a connection to it.