Hackers Can Use 3d-Printed Heads to Unlock Your Phone

Hackers Can Use 3d-Printed Heads to Unlock Your Phone

0 0

3-dimensional printing is getting augmented attention owing to its complexity and innovation. If you have a great interest in 3D printing, it’s a might not be new for you that almost everything can be printed using amazingly innovative printers. However, you must be prepared to bear the cost!
The use of 3D printing is creating objects for daily use makes life interesting for many people. Presently, the use of three-dimensional printers is growing in the medicals to produce corneas, prosthetics, and other artificial organs.
Interestingly, it’s easy to print even the heads of human beings in its full size and other attributes. This is not for Hollywood cinematic objects but, other fields can get practical benefit from this invention.
It is no doubt a thing of amaze and excitement for all – hackers are of no exception. The new target is the Face ID validation for unlocking smartphones.
Thomas Brewster, an eminent reporter of Forbes, has commissioned the model of his facial side of the head to test the security lock systems of the smartphones selected models of Android and iPhone X. The results not just surprised but shocked all and sundry.
Android users don’t have good news in this regard because the models seldom can distinguish between the original and the fake face. However, the iPhone X has shown considerable resistance against the protection of privacy.
Gone are the day when smartphones are unlocked using the passcodes which were considered tedious way. Further, the introduction of thumb impression has led the lives of people incredibly easy while facial identification helps many to get it easier yet fabulous.
But, 3D printing is expected to pose a severe threat to the face identification systems used in smart devices and other security gadgets.
It’s a dire time for the technology manufacturers to show grave concern and take adequate steps to mitigate security threats faced by Android users in particular!
Last but not least, the people who have cheered the death of passcodes and private passwords have to rethink their data safe from the prism of facts and law.
Don’t forget to Follow TechsCloud.com to get the latest updates through articles about technology, innovative startups, telecom, and related trendy stuff from across the world!