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Windows Hello – Biometric authentication to Windows 10 devices

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Re: Windows Hello – Biometric authentication to Windows 10 devices

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Post by tdicola »

I'd love to understand more about how the face recognition works. Does it have any way to combat someone just printing out a picture of your face and holding it up? I've done some simple face recognition stuff with OpenCV and it's super easy to fool with photos.

Re: Windows Hello – Biometric authentication to Windows 10 devices

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Post by freehunter »

tdicola wrote: post #2

I'd love to understand more about how the face recognition works. Does it have any way to combat someone just printing out a picture of your face and holding it up? I've done some simple face recognition stuff with OpenCV and it's super easy to fool with photos.

For facial or iris detection, Windows Hello uses a combination of special hardware and software to accurately verify it is you – not a picture of you or someone trying to impersonate you. The cameras use infrared technology to identify your face or iris and can recognize you in a variety of lighting conditions.

Re: Windows Hello – Biometric authentication to Windows 10 devices

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Post by vmarsy »

tdicola wrote: post #2

I'd love to understand more about how the face recognition works. Does it have any way to combat someone just printing out a picture of your face and holding it up? I've done some simple face recognition stuff with OpenCV and it's super easy to fool with photos.

Windows Hello uses a combination of special hardware and software to accurately verify it is you – not a picture of you or someone trying to impersonate you. The cameras use infrared technology to identify your face or iris and can recognize you in a variety of lighting conditions.

and later in the webpage:

all OEM systems incorporating the Intel® RealSense™ 3D Camera (F200) will support the facial and iris unlock features of Windows Hello

So by reading this we can assume it does more than 2D recognitions since this is a "3D Camera"

Re: Windows Hello – Biometric authentication to Windows 10 devices

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Post by tdicola »

freehunter wrote: post #3
tdicola wrote: post #2

I'd love to understand more about how the face recognition works. Does it have any way to combat someone just printing out a picture of your face and holding it up? I've done some simple face recognition stuff with OpenCV and it's super easy to fool with photos.

For facial or iris detection, Windows Hello uses a combination of special hardware and software to accurately verify it is you – not a picture of you or someone trying to impersonate you. The cameras use infrared technology to identify your face or iris and can recognize you in a variety of lighting conditions.

Ah, so reading between the lines I'm going to guess they're building Win 10 devices with a built in kinect-like device that does depth sensing in addition to photo recognition.

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Post by rpedroso »

tdicola wrote: post #2

I'd love to understand more about how the face recognition works. Does it have any way to combat someone just printing out a picture of your face and holding it up? I've done some simple face recognition stuff with OpenCV and it's super easy to fool with photos.

This is an important point. I wonder if they're going to have hardware standards for the fingerprint readers. Low-quality finger print readers can be spoofed with prints lifted from everyday sources.

Re: Windows Hello – Biometric authentication to Windows 10 devices

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Post by TeMPOraL »

tdicola wrote: post #5
freehunter wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For facial or iris detection, Windows Hello uses a combination of special hardware and software to accurately verify it is you – not a picture of you or someone trying to impersonate you. The cameras use infrared technology to identify your face or iris and can recognize you in a variety of lighting conditions.

Ah, so reading between the lines I'm going to guess they're building Win 10 devices with a built in kinect-like device that does depth sensing in addition to photo recognition.

Time to start 3D-printing faces...

Re: Windows Hello – Biometric authentication to Windows 10 devices

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Post by stevecalifornia »

tdicola wrote: post #2

I'd love to understand more about how the face recognition works. Does it have any way to combat someone just printing out a picture of your face and holding it up? I've done some simple face recognition stuff with OpenCV and it's super easy to fool with photos.

In the article it says it uses infrared.
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