Facial recognition features can be a big security issue

I  saw an article posted in Engadget today discussing how 3D faces based on Facebook pictures can be used to fool facial recognition systems.

"Some vendors -- most notably Microsoft with its Windows Hello software -- already have commercial solutions that leverage alternative hardware. [In Hello's case, that hardware is Tobii's eye-tracking camera.] However, there is always a cost-benefit to adding hardware, and hardware vendors will need to decide whether there is enough demand from and benefit for consumers to add specialized components like IR cameras or structured light projectors."

I'm glad Microsoft is using this technology to create a more secure feature it makes me believe that someone come up with some sort all method be around this is well. Your post interesting in that they detailed how they were able to fool the camera phone software. It must have been fun to use all the toys to accomplish this.