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S3 Ep51: OMIGOD a gaping hole, waybill scams, and Face ID hacked [Podcast]

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October 21, 2019

Don’t look now, but Pixel 4’s Face Unlock works with eyes closed

There's a risk that someone might get hold of a device and unlock it by holding the screen to the face of its sleeping or unconscious owner.

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July 23, 2019

Big password hole in iOS 13 beta spotted by testers

A security clanger has been spotted in the current beta version of iOS 13 which allows anyone to access a user’s stored web and app passwords without having to authenticate.

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January 08, 2019

A photo will unlock many Android phones using facial recognition

How easy is it to bypass the average smartphone’s facial recognition security? In the case of Android, a lot easier than owners may think.

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January 04, 2019

Vein authentication beaten by wax hand and photograph

A new presentation shows how vein authentication systems can be fooled using a fake wax hand model.

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October 12, 2018

What Kanye West can teach us about passcodes

Pulling out an iPhone XS to show the assembled throng a picture of the hydrogen-powered aircraft that “our president should be flying in,” West casually unlocked it using the passcode ‘000000’.

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October 02, 2018

Suspect forced to unlock iPhone with his face

The order so far hasn't raised Fifth Amendment objections either, your face being something you are, rather than something you know.

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March 26, 2018

Police use dead man’s fingers to try to unlock his iPhone

In the first known instance of this technique, police tried using a dead man's fingerprints to get past the protection of Apple's Touch ID.

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January 02, 2018

Windows Hello face recognition spoofed with photographs

You are the password (and so is a photograph of you)

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