Face unlock feature on many popular smartphones can easily be fooled with just one photo

Face unlock is a modern, professional, convenient security method and is almost universally used on many smartphones today, but is it really safe?

According to a study conducted by the Dutch Consumers Association, the face unlock feature on many current smart phones can be easily defeated with just one photo. Capture the owner's face.

The study has tested the 110 most popular smartphone models in the market.Of which up to 42 out of 110 devices cannot distinguish the high-resolution images and the real faces of the owners (although some of them are only variants of the same model, ie Samsung Galaxy A8 with RAM 32 GB and 64 GB).6 other models were tested afterwards, also received similar failures as the first 42 cases.

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List of devices failed in face recognition test including many popular names, being used by many users such as Asus Zenfone 5, HTC U11 +, Huawei P20 Pro, Motorola One, Nokia 7.1, Samsung Galaxy A8, Sony Xperia XZ3 and Xiaomi Mi A2.Below is a complete list of smartphones that failed the Dutch Consumer Association test:

1. Alcatel 1X
2. Asus Zenfone 5 Lite 64 GB
3. Asus Zenfone 5, ZE620KL (64 GB)
4. BlackBerry Key2
5. BlackBerry Key2 (American version)
6. BQ Aquaris X2
7. BQ Aquaris X2 Pro
8. General Mobile GM8
9. HTC U11 +
10. Huawei P20 (EML - L29)
11. Huawei P20 Lite
12. Huawei P20 Pro (CLT - L29)
13. Lenovo Motorola Moto E5
14. Lenovo Motorola Moto E5 (English version)
15. Lenovo Motorola Moto E5 Plus (English version)
16. Lenovo Motorola Moto G6 Play
17. LG K9 (LM-X210EMW)
18. LG Q6 Alpha (LG-M700n)
19. Motorola Moto G6 Play (English version)
20. Motorola One
21. Nokia 3.1
22. Nokia 3.1 (American version)
23. Nokia 7.1
24. Oukitel VU
25. Samsung Galaxy A7 (2018)
26. Samsung Galaxy A8 (32GB) (SM-A530F / DS
27. Samsung Galaxy A8 (64 GB)
28. Samsung Galaxy A8 + (SM-A730F)
29. Samsung Galaxy J8 Brasil
30. Sony Xperia L2 (H3311)
31. Sony Xperia L2 (H3321)
32. Sony Xperia XZ2 (H8216)
33. Sony Xperia XZ2 (American version)
34. Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact (H8314)
35. Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact (US version)
36. Sony Xperia XZ2 Compact Dual SIM (H8324)
37. Sony Xperia XZ2 Dual SIM (H8266)
38. Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium (US version)
39. Sony Xperia XZ3
40. Vodafone Smart N9
41. Xiaomi Mi A2
42. Xiaomi Mi A2 (32GB)

It is worth noting that Apple's flagship smartphones including iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max have all passed the test.In addition, the latest flagship of major manufacturers, such as Huawei Mate 20 Pro, OnePlus 6, Oppo Find X, Samsung Galaxy Note 9 and Galaxy S9, has also proved its worth when it easily surpassed. a testing.Here are the products that have achieved similar results

1. Alatel 3V (5099D)
2. Alcatel 5
3. Apple iPhone XR (128 GB)
4. Apple iPhone XR (256 GB)
5. Apple iPhone XR (64 GB)
6. Apple iPhone XS (256GB)
7. Apple iPhone XS (512GB)
8. Apple iPhone XS (64GB)
9. Apple iPhone XS Max (256GB)
10. Apple iPhone XS Max (512GB)
11. Apple iPhone XS Max (64GB)
12. Asus Zenfone Max Plus (ZB570TL)
13. Honor 10
14. Honor 7C
15. Honor 8X
16. Honor View 10
17. HTC U12 + (European version)
18. HTC U12 + (American version)
19. Huawei P Smart +
20. Huawei Y6 (2018) (ATU-L21)
21. Huawei Y7 (2018)
22. Huawei Mate 20
23. Huawei Mate 20 Lite
24. Huawei Mate 20 Pro
25. Lenovo Motorola Moto G6 (32GB)
26. Lenovo Motorola Moto G6 (64GB)
27. Lenovo Motorola Moto G6 (American version)
28. Lenovo Motorola Moto G6 Plus
29. Lenovo Motorola Moto Z3 US version
30. Lenovo Motorola Moto Z3 Play
31. Lenovo Motorola Moto Z3 Play US version
32. Motorola Moto G6 (English version)
33. Motorola Moto G6 Plus (English version)
34. One Plus 5T
35. OnePlus 6 (128GB)
36. OnePlus 6 (256GB)
37. OnePlus 6 (64GB)
38. OnePlus 6 (US version) (64 GB)
39. Oppo Find X
40. Samsung Galaxy A6 (32GB)
41. Samsung Galaxy A6 + (32GB)
42. Samsung Galaxy A6 + (64 GB)
43. Samsung Galaxy A9 (2018)
44. Samsung Galaxy J6 (2018)
45. Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (128 GB) (European version)
46. Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (128 GB) Dual SIM (English version)
47. Samsung Galaxy Note 9 (128 GB) Single SIM (European version)
48. Samsung Galaxy Note 9 SM-N960U1 (American version)
49. Samsung Galaxy S9 (SM-G960F / DS)
50. Samsung Galaxy S9 SM-G960U1 (American version)
51. Samsung Galaxy S9 256GB
52. Samsung Galaxy S9 dual (128GB)
53. Samsung Galaxy S9 + (SM-G965F / DS)
54. Samsung Galaxy S9 + 256GB
55. Samsung Galaxy S9 + two SIM (128GB)
56. Samsung Galaxy S9 + one SIM
57. Samsung Galaxy S9 + SM-G965U1 (American version)
58. WIKO View 2

Other flagships like LG's G7, V35 and V40, as well as the Honor 7A, can only pass the test when activated with advanced face security settings.

Interestingly, when a similar technique was tested on OnePlus 6 in May 2018, researchers were also able to deceive the face recognition system on this phone.Previously, the manufacturer confirmed that the OnePlus 6 would only be fooled by the face print if previous similar moments were actually recorded.This shows that, using some advanced techniques, the results can be far worse.

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Thus, it can be seen that the level of security of face recognition system on many smartphones today is worrying.Of course, some models will warn users that face recognition is not the safest option to protect data on your smartphone in private mode, but manufacturers should focus more on improving this useful security feature in the future.

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