Huawei Mate 20 Pro's face unlocking gets fooled quite easily

19 October 2018
Two guys with similarly short hair and beards, who aren't twins or even related, could both unlock the same phone with their faces.

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"something like this got past the internal testing in the Chinese company's labs"
How many Chinese guys have beards?

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    • Anonymous
    • m%5
    • 20 Oct 2018

    Smartphones Fan, 20 Oct 2018simple comment shitty feature made by crApple .. don't ... moreApple’s Face ID is more secure than fingeprint sensors. What huawei and others have done is to use other technologies which are less efficient than even fingerprint lock.

    Anyone who thinks huawei’s stuff compares to Apple’s stuff clearly does not understant technology.

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      • Smartphones Fan
      • m5M
      • 20 Oct 2018

      simple comment
      shitty feature made by crApple .. don't even use it on my huawei phones .. fingerprint BEST

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        • Anonymous
        • 80$
        • 20 Oct 2018

        Anonymous, 20 Oct 2018But you probably trust Huawei, they commented that matt... moreAlso nothing wrong with that "internal testing"

        they know very good, how this tech works.

        and the main thing doesn't even mentioned in the comments
        quick and secure, they are two different things!

        but all the people will quick things nowadays,
        here you have an other one:
        quick in function
        and launched quickly as well . . .

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          • dasdasd
          • uS}
          • 20 Oct 2018

          huawei's face unlock is fake it only has an infrared led blasting your face and does not even 3d map your face .. my galaxy s3 has a face unlock similar to huawei but does not have an infrared led to flash your face during dark

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            • Anonymous
            • 80$
            • 20 Oct 2018

            magnetic boy, 20 Oct 2018i don't trust those people. video is not continuous and sto... moreBut you probably trust Huawei,

            they commented that matter earlier,
            (to be found in evry phone with face unlock)

            Wer am Mate 20 Pro oder anderen Huawei-Smartphones die Gesichtsentsperrung einrichtet, findet darin einen Hinweistext zum Haftungsausschluss. In dem heißt es gleich zu Anfang:
            "Es ist möglich, dass Ihr Gerät von sehr ähnlich aussehenden Personen oder Gegenständen entsperrt wird."

            That means:
            Anyone setting up the face unlock on the Mate 20 Pro or other Huawei smartphones will find a note to disclaim. In the beginning it says:

            "It is possible that your device will be unlocked by very similar looking people or objects."

              Anonymous, 20 Oct 2018With Apple there is no need for a fingerprint sensor becaus... moreFaceID is good tech not necessarily a great in usability. People have been happier with the security offered using fingerprint readers and there is no need to spend a fortune for FaceID tech.... which uses so many sensors and computing power for a very basic functionality

                I feel sad for Huawei

                  This is why, I don't use face unlock as my unlocking method, instead I'll stick with fingerprint. It may be a good unlocking method, but u never know which is the more secure one, unless it's an Iris Scanner or FaceID in my opinion

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                    • GOOGL
                    • tDP
                    • 20 Oct 2018

                    #StayFoolWithHuawei

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                      • happee
                      • IW@
                      • 20 Oct 2018

                      Nick Tagataka, 20 Oct 2018Uh, I don't know... using photos from DSLR in ads for smart... moreamen to that bro! i still don't understand why people are so critical of that issue. as if other brands didn't do it on theirs and as if huawei explicitly stated that the photos are taken by their phone but NO.. pheew! people needs to be more rational and logical these days. their brains are becoming as small as these SoC's. lols.

                        Max, 20 Oct 2018And they sell p20 pro for 1100€.. Are you kidding me ?actually it is Mate 20 pro and it worth every penny...i could give you a list why but it will take forever.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • m%5
                          • 20 Oct 2018

                          Anonymous, 20 Oct 2018That is why a kid could trick his mothers iphone? SMH, the ... moreApple’s Face ID is more secure than a fingerprint sensor. A fingerprint sensor can be more easily used to unlock someone’s phone and there are a number of ways one could do that.

                          Password > PIN code > Face ID > fingerprint unlock > face unlock using camera

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                            • Anonymous
                            • j5y
                            • 20 Oct 2018

                            Anonymous, 20 Oct 2018With Apple there is no need for a fingerprint sensor becaus... moreThat is why a kid could trick his mothers iphone? SMH, the ifans are soo delusional, it hurts..

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                              • Max
                              • 3X3
                              • 20 Oct 2018

                              And they sell p20 pro for 1100€..
                              Are you kidding me ?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 80$
                                • 20 Oct 2018

                                and what about underscreen scanners?

                                i think that may be a similar, not ready yet technology . . .

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • m%5
                                  • 20 Oct 2018

                                  ollyb1, 20 Oct 2018unlike apple you can just use the fingerprint scanner inste... moreWith Apple there is no need for a fingerprint sensor because their face unlock works entirely different, being entirely secure, as you cannot trick it like you would trick huaweis lower technology.

                                    Nick Tagataka, 20 Oct 2018I was planning to buy Mate 20 Pro but then after I read thi... moreunlike apple you can just use the fingerprint scanner instead of the face id it's that simple apple doesn't have that option

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                                      • magnetic boy
                                      • 3ZW
                                      • 20 Oct 2018

                                      i don't trust those people. video is not continuous and story may be scripted by apple.

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                                        • .alpha
                                        • rfe
                                        • 20 Oct 2018

                                        Come on, we all know what's the cause. Every one say Face ID is 2 years ahead of competitors when it was released last year and just 1 year later, Huawei came out with something while Samsung, Qualcomm, Google and Synaptics are no where close.

                                        This is Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner all over again: immature tech rushed to market.