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List:       kde-active
Subject:    Re: UI security topic: UI for private activities
From:       Sebastian =?utf-8?q?K=C3=BCgler?= <sebas () kde ! org>
Date:       2012-01-18 12:28:13
Message-ID: 201201181328.13931.sebas () kde ! org
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On Tuesday, January 17, 2012 13:14:48 Ivan Čukić wrote:
> > Or what about using the camera? Most tablets and smartphones have one, so
> > why not using it for biometrical
> > authentication, like iris recognition?
> 
> Not sure webcam is powerful enough to do a proper image of the iris.
> And, for normal cameras, I guess it would be dead easy to have a photo
> printout accepted instead of a real eye.

Android 4 has this face recognition feature, and it's quite embarrassing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwfYSR7HttA
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