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Masked man tricks iPhone X's Face ID

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Some Security researchers at Bkay have managed to fool the iPhone X's Face ID developed with an advanced facial recognition engine using a specially-developed mask. The outer "skin" of the mask was handcrafted by researchers at Bkav, before being laid upon a 3D printed frame. Other facial features, such as the mask's eyes, are merely printed images. In total, the mask cost around $150 to make, although the materials used to make the frame weren't included in that cost because it was printed from the company's own designs. The dummy face was made in just five days - Bkav starting developing the concept on November 5th and completed its experiments on November 10th, posting a video to show the iPhone X unlocking when the face is presented to it. The iPhone X used in the experiment was trained using a real person's face and was seemingly unlocked on the first try, although Bkav didn't reveal how many times it had tried to unlock the ph...