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Facing Up To Bad Biometrics
The ACLU conducted a controversial experiment last week with Amazon’s popular face matching software Rekognition. They ran photos of...
Mike McCormick
Jul 30, 20183 min read


Face to Face with Apple Face ID
Apple’s new iPhone X hit stores November 3rd. Its most talked about feature is Face ID . Instead of touching your finger to the phone to unlock it, just look at the camera and it recognizes your face. Face ID is more accurate than the old Touch ID. Does that mean it’s more secure? Taproot Security studied technical specs on Face ID and found potential vulnerabilities. I enumerated these in a private letter to Apple one month ago, along with ten recommendations to impro
Mike McCormick
Nov 2, 20172 min read
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