Forbes Reporter Uses 3D-Printed Head; Fools Facial Recognition Security On Phones

A cybersecurity reporter and his team at Forbes used a 3D printer to replicate his head and subsequently unlocked several smartphone brands that offer facial recognition security features. Facial recognition, and fingerprint and iris detection, are known as "biometric" tools. Reporter Thomas Brewster writes that he and his team used a "spoof face" to successfully unlock four Android devices, "an LG G7 ThinQ, a Samsung S9, a Samsung Note 8 and a OnePlus 6." Brewster adds that an iPhone X was nev

A cybersecurity reporter and his team at Forbes used a 3D printer to replicate his head and subsequently unlocked several smartphone brands that offer facial recognition security features. Facial recognition, and fingerprint and iris detection, are known as "biometric" tools. Reporter Thomas Brewster writes that he and his team used a "spoof face" to successfully unlock four Android devices, "an LG G7 ThinQ, a Samsung S9, a Samsung Note 8 and a OnePlus 6." Brewster adds that an iPhone X was nev…