{"id":57941,"date":"2018-03-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/richardvanhooijdonk.com\/blog\/quick-and-painless-mobile-security-facial-recognition-replaces-fingerprint-checks-at-least-for-some-people\/"},"modified":"2024-12-19T22:15:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T20:15:00","slug":"quick-and-painless-mobile-security-facial-recognition-replaces-fingerprint-checks-at-least-for-some-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/en\/quick-and-painless-mobile-security-facial-recognition-replaces-fingerprint-checks-at-least-for-some-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick and painless mobile security: facial recognition replaces fingerprint checks (at least for some people)"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"bold-list\">\n<li>Facial scanning is the future of mobile security<\/li>\n<li>Fingerprint tech is dead<\/li>\n<li>New security systems still have some major bugs, especially racial and gender bias<\/li>\n<li>Unbiased facial recognition is the solution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When technology works well, it\u2019s seamless &#8211; it just does what needs doing, invisibly, without users even knowing it\u2019s happening. That\u2019s the allure of voice recognition tech like Amazon\u2019s Echo or Apple\u2019s HomePod. And that\u2019s what\u2019s behind the hype surrounding Amazon\u2019s grab-and-go shopping experiment. When it works, it just works &#8211; no hassle, no fuss, and no fiddly-bits to get in the way.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Quick and painless mobile security: facial recognition replaces fingerprint\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EUhaarCjx2s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/richardvanhooijdonk.com\/keynote\/trends-2040-ben-jij-er-klaar-voor\/\">Mobile security<\/a> is moving in that direction, too. If you\u2019ve ever forgotten a password or had to inscribe an unlocking pattern with only one hand, you know just how frustrating security can be. And since one or both have happened to nearly everyone with a mobile, we\u2019re pretty sure you\u2019ve felt that sudden surge of anger when the tech was all hassle and no miracle. There\u2019s got to be an easier way, right?<\/p>\n<p>Indeed there is. A new generation of biometric scanners promise smartphone security and incredible ease-of-use, replacing the fumbling and compromised safety we\u2019ve become accustomed to. New systems for Apple\u2019s iPhone X, and soon for Android-driven mobiles, will deliver on that magic tech promise of invisible, effortless function.<\/p>\n<h2>Facial scanning is the future of mobile security<\/h2>\n<p>The future of smartphone security is facial scanning. That may sound like tech more likely to secure the backdoor at Buckingham Palace than your new mobile, but developers are taking this approach very seriously. That tech is pretty much ready for market, too, and surprisingly inexpensive. But to understand why it\u2019s the future, we need to take a look at the past.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s something of an iron-clad law in security: the easier it is to use, the less secure it really is. Really \u2018unbreakable\u2019 passwords, for instance, can be hard to remember; the ones you can remember easily are probably pretty simple to break with \u2018brute force\u2019 attacks. The same is true for the patterns you draw between the dots on your mobile. That\u2019s why fingerprint scanning for phones, laptops, and other devices was a breakthrough &#8211; in theory at least. With a simple touch, you could have easy-to-unlock security.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32415\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32415\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/facial-recognition-1.jpg\" alt=\" The backside of a red iPhone with a black arrow pointing to a man\u2019s mapped face\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32415\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The future of smartphone security is facial scanning.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>But\u2026 fingerprint tech is dead<\/h2>\n<p>In practice, that ease-of-use and security were never really there. As Joseph Steinberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/josephsteinberg\/2013\/09\/23\/hackers-claim-to-have-defeated-apples-fingerprint-security\/#527bea2d13f8\">reported<\/a> for <em>Forbes<\/em> back in 2013, \u201cJust one day after the new fingerprint-scanning Apple iPhone-5s was released to the public, hackers claimed to have defeated the new security mechanism.\u201d Despite Apple\u2019s claims that the fingerprint security was paired with facial recognition to prevent the use of fake fingerprints, fingerprint security just wasn\u2019t\u2026 well\u2026 secure. It still isn\u2019t, by the way, at least not on mobile platforms. And the iPhone has now dropped fingerprint security altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Worse still, fingerprint scanning isn\u2019t even easy to use. The placement of the tiny sensors on the front of a mobile makes them more available in certain positions than others, and moving them to the back, as Samsung and others did, generated mountains of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2017\/4\/1\/15147998\/samsung-galaxy-s8-fingerprint-reader-location\">complaints<\/a> about ergonomics. Their placement on Apple\u2019s laptops is a little better, as their many users can attest. Edoardo Maggio, writing for <em>Business Insider UK<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/iphone-x-surface-book-face-id-windows-hello-better-than-fingerprint-scanners-2018-1\">quips<\/a> that \u201cThe most recent MacBook Pros have a fingerprint reader, but that still requires you to actively reach out for the designated area on the keyboard, tap, and unlock the device. It&#8217;s not annoying by any means, but face scanning is still a noticeable step ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Maggio notes, engineers and designers have a solution, and it just may bend &#8211; if not break &#8211; that iron-clad law. With advanced facial recognition, your mobile can unlock itself without you doing anything, and still provide the security you need.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Ultrasonic Fingerprint Scanners: How do they work?\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xhIyy-6iYHE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>New security systems still have some major bugs, especially racial and gender bias<\/h2>\n<p>Early attempts at this tech for smartphones were less than impressive. The Samsung Galaxy S8, for instance, unveiled just last year, will unlock for a selfie. As Ron Amadeo <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2017\/03\/video-shows-galaxy-s8-face-recognition-can-be-defeated-with-a-picture\/\">warned<\/a> the readers of <em>Ars Technica<\/em> last March, \u201cGalaxy S8&#8217;s face recognition can be tricked with a photo.\u201d Drawing on evidence from a video posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.periscope.tv\/MARCIANOPHONE\/1yoJMezZVRkJQ?t=380\">Marcioanophone<\/a>, Amadeo reported that by simply showing the facial recognition tech a selfie on another phone, it could be tricked into unlocking. Clearly, that\u2019s not the kind of security we\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_32418\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32418\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-32418 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2019\/05\/Galaxy-S8-1.jpg\" alt=\" A man holding a Samsung Galaxy S8, showing the facial recognition system on the display\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32418\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As Ron Amadeo warned the readers of Ars Technica last March, \u201cGalaxy S8&#8217;s face recognition can be tricked with a photo.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One solution is to multiply the kinds of authentication necessary to unlock your phone. But if two, three, or four user inputs are needed &#8211; facial scans, fingerprints, passwords, etc. &#8211; ease-of-use is destroyed. Mobiles need to be secure and simple to unlock, all or nothing in this case. And a super secure system that no one uses isn\u2019t very safe, is it?<\/p>\n<p>Another problem bedevilling <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/en\/facial-recognition-tech-turns-our-faces-into-big-business\/\">facial scanning<\/a> is biased code. Joy Buolamwini of MIT\u2019s Media Lab recently exposed the racial and gender shortcomings of facial recognition tech. Because of mostly white, male engineers and programmers, using mostly white, male images to train the software, it\u2019s startlingly bad at judging the gender and identity of people of colour, especially women. As Steve Lohr <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/02\/09\/technology\/facial-recognition-race-artificial-intelligence.html\">explains<\/a> for <em>The New York Times<\/em>, \u201c&#8230;the darker the skin, the more errors arise \u2014 up to nearly 35 percent for images of darker skinned women\u201d. And Lauren Goode <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2018\/2\/11\/17001218\/facial-recognition-software-accuracy-technology-mit-white-men-black-women-error\">tells<\/a> readers of <em>The Verge<\/em> that \u201cGender was misidentified in less than one percent of lighter-skinned males; in up to seven percent of lighter-skinned females; up to 12 percent of darker-skinned males; and up to 35 percent in darker-skinner [sic] females.\u201d That\u2019s a problem that needs a serious, substantive solution.<\/p>\n<h2>Unbiased facial recognition is the solution<\/h2>\n<p>But the tech is being refined (we hope), and designers and engineers are certainly aware of these shortcomings after high-profile iPhone X <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/iphone-x-racist-apple-refunds-device-cant-tell-chinese-people-apart-woman-751263\">failures<\/a> in China. The future will include better facial recognition tech to verify identity, and so far, the results are pretty good &#8211; if you\u2019re white and male. While not perfect even then &#8211; Apple\u2019s Face ID can be tricked by close relatives, for instance &#8211; it\u2019s easy to use and accurate enough to improve on fingerprint tech. That\u2019s an important combo. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com\/en\/keynote\/the-future-of-retail\/\">Facial recognition<\/a> doesn\u2019t need to be perfect (it does need to be unbiased, though), but rather \u2018just good enough\u2019 and very easy to use. And because systems like Face ID require nothing more than for users to look at the screen, they deliver that elusive ease-of-use, too. As Maggio <a href=\"http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/iphone-x-surface-book-face-id-windows-hello-better-than-fingerprint-scanners-2018-1\">describes<\/a>, Apple\u2019s \u201cFace ID uses a flood illuminator to project around 30,000 dots onto your face, which create a depth map of your face&#8217;s unique shape. An infrared sensor then double checks that the image it acquired corresponds to your face each time you try to access your phone, and if it does, you&#8217;re in.\u201d In theory, this should take no more time than a simple swipe.<\/p>\n<p>We need mobile security &#8211; there\u2019s simply no question about that. But to induce us to use it, developers need to make it as painless as possible. As early attempts demonstrate, however, racial and gender bias is an ongoing problem for the tech. We hope this issue is resolved quickly, and with improvements to this innovative technique, a new era of smartphone safety just might be here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facial scanning is the future of mobile security Fingerprint tech is dead New security systems still have some major bugs, especially racial and gender bias Unbiased facial recognition is the solution When technology works well, it\u2019s seamless &#8211; it just does what needs doing, invisibly, without users even knowing it\u2019s happening. 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