Comment Comment by dangus It isn’t just Samsung making crappy biometrics: take a look at the face unlock marketing copy on the Pixel 4.It just says “simply look at your phone to securely unlock it.” They make no claims about how secure it is.In fact there are already articles showing how the unlock feature works while you’re asleep: https://9to5google.com/2019/10/16/pixel-4-tidbits-face-unloc...To my knowledge, Apple is the only vendor that actually made in-depth claims about the security of their face unlock solution. They’re the only vendor that assumed anyone cared.Android OEMs are working off a feature checklist and that’s about it. parent dangus 7 years ago
It just says “simply look at your phone to securely unlock it.” They make no claims about how secure it is.
In fact there are already articles showing how the unlock feature works while you’re asleep: https://9to5google.com/2019/10/16/pixel-4-tidbits-face-unloc...
To my knowledge, Apple is the only vendor that actually made in-depth claims about the security of their face unlock solution. They’re the only vendor that assumed anyone cared.
Android OEMs are working off a feature checklist and that’s about it.