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bsimpson ◴[] No.44385795[source]
I know there was extensive testing when face recognition authentication came to smartphones. I wonder how an open source project like this one compares. I suspect there are substantially more false positives/negatives than on a commercially developed version that needs to support everyone to be successful.
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e-topy ◴[] No.44385935[source]
Apple's Face ID uses what is essentially a 3D camera, a simple 2D color camera cannot compare to that in terms of accuracy.
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crowcroft ◴[] No.44387499[source]
Apple has clearly done a lot of work in this space and have decided to retain Touch ID on Macbooks. I think this is fairly instructive.
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real0mar ◴[] No.44388414[source]
That was primarily because the face id sensor stack is too thick to fit in the laptop lid
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crowcroft ◴[] No.44388503[source]
The point being that they think they need those sensors in order to create a secure system.
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