Lenovo Trying Face Recognition For Logins On New Laptops 164
judgecorp writes "Lenovo's new IdeaPads will be using face recognition as a way to replace passwords for users logging onto the laptops. 'Lenovo's VeriFace combines the Windows login and file encryption to password-protect individual files. It identifies users by matching unique features of their faces to photographs taken by the 1.3-megapixel webcam built into the laptop. When Windows users start up their PCs, a camera window pops up in the login frame. The user then just has to adjust their position so their face appears in the window, and VeriFace logs them in automatically.' That could be good, but is the technology really ready for mass market devices? HP ran into trouble when its face recognition software had trouble recognizing people with darker skin."
Ehmmm... Photo? (Score:5, Funny)
So I can just grab a photo of the user whose PC I want to log onto and show it to the cam?
Much easier to crack than that darn retinal scan that requires me to get the eyeballs of my victim...
But will it recognize your expression and auto- (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Easy to defeat (Score:3, Funny)
Oh, here I thought I just had to fire up http://thehun.com/ [thehun.com] and show them one of those facials. Thanks for setting me straight!
Re:Ehmmm... Photo? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Face recognition using just a webcam? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Fool it with a picture? (Score:3, Funny)
great (Score:3, Funny)
now instead of scalping someone's finger to access their stuff, now i have to pull a hannibal lecter
Fingerprints (Score:3, Funny)
What the hell happened to fingerprint scanners? I thought they'd be on every keyboard by now and we'd be passed all this password crap.
Re:Who the hell would trust this? (Score:1, Funny)
I ran it on an overclocked dildo that your mom gave me! It did EXACTLY THIS - Orifice-recognition as a password.