Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition
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It's definitely a long way from anyone showing that it has been hacked. But right now, it's just a bunch of online rags trying to come up with headline material when the entire actual story is "slightly known hacking firm with a history in challenging facial recognition systems claims success in hacking recent biometric product." That's it. That's the whole story. There's no reason to believe that it is real other than the fact that the group isn't new and has done this before, and the attempts to show it is false are... empty. That it is "hard for others" to crack it isn't relevant, it's actually really silly to state.
It's a bit like some random kid saying he used a lock pick and broke into my house, with nothing to back up his claim. Then my drunk hillbilly neighbour saying that since he and two random drunk guys from his work couldn't work a lockpick and therefore the entire theory of lockpicking was invalid.
Right now, the challenge is figuring out who is the bigger bluffer.
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The tough part is that because there aren't real details of the claim to refute, instead of people saying "let's wait and see if they did something unique", they are just saying "Apple is flawless and could not get this wrong, period... and random people who have zero skill at this can't do it so people who are skilled and specialized can't do it."
If anything, the greatest concern is just how panicky people are about it being hackable that they have to refute the possibility so much in such bad ways. They doth protest too much, is the real issue here.
Is the tech hackable? Of course, that is without question. The only questions are how hard is it to hack, and has anyone actually done it yet.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
It's definitely a long way from anyone showing that it has been hacked. But right now, it's just a bunch of online rags trying to come up with headline material when the entire actual story is "slightly known hacking firm with a history in challenging facial recognition systems claims success in hacking recent biometric product." That's it. That's the whole story. There's no reason to believe that it is real other than the fact that the group isn't new and has done this before, and the attempts to show it is false are... empty. That it is "hard for others" to crack it isn't relevant, it's actually really silly to state.
It's a bit like some random kid saying he used a lock pick and broke into my house, with nothing to back up his claim. Then my drunk hillbilly neighbour saying that since he and two random drunk guys from his work couldn't work a lockpick and therefore the entire theory of lockpicking was invalid.
Right now, the challenge is figuring out who is the bigger bluffer.
I give wired and cloud flare more credence than the hack who made that video. It's clearly avoiding the obvious.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
Also of interest, "Prior to the Bkav video, Wired worked with Cloudflare to see if Face ID could be hacked through masks that appear far more sophisticated than the ones the Bkav hack depicts. ".... um, what does a hipster pseudo-tech news publication and a web reverse proxy service have to do with this? These are really suspicious companies to have involved in proving that this tech is solid. Wired is a pretty goofy magazine at best and CF has no expertise (that we know of) in this kind of security, it's nothing to do with their business.
yeah I was definitely wondering why CF was involved in this testing at all? Seemed very weird.
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With Wired magazine its basically all about BS articles that are paid marketing. No separation of Ad sales and journalism at all.
When I saw the article about the first Samsung watch and they had the two Korean execs in a photoshop talking about innovation I cracked up. I got that in 2014, it died in side of 2 weeks. I couldnt get anyone to do anything about it. Plus it was a bulky POS.
I knew then Wired was shill.
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@dashrender said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
Also of interest, "Prior to the Bkav video, Wired worked with Cloudflare to see if Face ID could be hacked through masks that appear far more sophisticated than the ones the Bkav hack depicts. ".... um, what does a hipster pseudo-tech news publication and a web reverse proxy service have to do with this? These are really suspicious companies to have involved in proving that this tech is solid. Wired is a pretty goofy magazine at best and CF has no expertise (that we know of) in this kind of security, it's nothing to do with their business.
yeah I was definitely wondering why CF was involved in this testing at all? Seemed very weird.
Yes, very fishy.
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@bigbear said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
With Wired magazine its basically all about BS articles that are paid marketing. No separation of Ad sales and journalism at all.
When I saw the article about the first Samsung watch and they had the two Korean execs in a photoshop talking about innovation I cracked up. I got that in 2014, it died in side of 2 weeks. I couldnt get anyone to do anything about it. Plus it was a bulky POS.
I knew then Wired was shill.
Yeah, that's why I'm struggling to believe their rebuttle. A known marketing shill is protecting Apple from a known security research firm. Which is more likely to be legit? Based only on knowing who each company is, Wires seems by far the less credible.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@dashrender said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
Also of interest, "Prior to the Bkav video, Wired worked with Cloudflare to see if Face ID could be hacked through masks that appear far more sophisticated than the ones the Bkav hack depicts. ".... um, what does a hipster pseudo-tech news publication and a web reverse proxy service have to do with this? These are really suspicious companies to have involved in proving that this tech is solid. Wired is a pretty goofy magazine at best and CF has no expertise (that we know of) in this kind of security, it's nothing to do with their business.
yeah I was definitely wondering why CF was involved in this testing at all? Seemed very weird.
Yes, very fishy.
WTF people can you all not read?
Rogers (now employed by Cloudflare) is famous for being one of the first to break TouchID, as well as having been in the security field forever.
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@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@dashrender said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
Also of interest, "Prior to the Bkav video, Wired worked with Cloudflare to see if Face ID could be hacked through masks that appear far more sophisticated than the ones the Bkav hack depicts. ".... um, what does a hipster pseudo-tech news publication and a web reverse proxy service have to do with this? These are really suspicious companies to have involved in proving that this tech is solid. Wired is a pretty goofy magazine at best and CF has no expertise (that we know of) in this kind of security, it's nothing to do with their business.
yeah I was definitely wondering why CF was involved in this testing at all? Seemed very weird.
Yes, very fishy.
WTF people can you all not read?
Rogers (now employed by Cloudflare) is famous for being one of the first to break TouchID, as well as having been in the security field forever.
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@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@dashrender said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
Also of interest, "Prior to the Bkav video, Wired worked with Cloudflare to see if Face ID could be hacked through masks that appear far more sophisticated than the ones the Bkav hack depicts. ".... um, what does a hipster pseudo-tech news publication and a web reverse proxy service have to do with this? These are really suspicious companies to have involved in proving that this tech is solid. Wired is a pretty goofy magazine at best and CF has no expertise (that we know of) in this kind of security, it's nothing to do with their business.
yeah I was definitely wondering why CF was involved in this testing at all? Seemed very weird.
Yes, very fishy.
WTF people can you all not read?
Rogers (now employed by Cloudflare) is famous for being one of the first to break TouchID, as well as having been in the security field forever.
If that was the case, they'd mention him as a specialist, not his employer in an unrelated field.
I might be an amazing pastry chef, but work as a manager in a manfucturing plant, you don't write an article saying that I helped design a cake by saying that "Big Box Manufacturing consulted on cake design."
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CloudFlare is in the security field, but not the facial recognition security field. Nor, from what I know, is Marc. The hackers in question are specifically facial recognition hackers.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@dashrender said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
Also of interest, "Prior to the Bkav video, Wired worked with Cloudflare to see if Face ID could be hacked through masks that appear far more sophisticated than the ones the Bkav hack depicts. ".... um, what does a hipster pseudo-tech news publication and a web reverse proxy service have to do with this? These are really suspicious companies to have involved in proving that this tech is solid. Wired is a pretty goofy magazine at best and CF has no expertise (that we know of) in this kind of security, it's nothing to do with their business.
yeah I was definitely wondering why CF was involved in this testing at all? Seemed very weird.
Yes, very fishy.
WTF people can you all not read?
Rogers (now employed by Cloudflare) is famous for being one of the first to break TouchID, as well as having been in the security field forever.
If that was the case, they'd mention him as a specialist, not his employer in an unrelated field.
The article I read did.
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@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@dashrender said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
Also of interest, "Prior to the Bkav video, Wired worked with Cloudflare to see if Face ID could be hacked through masks that appear far more sophisticated than the ones the Bkav hack depicts. ".... um, what does a hipster pseudo-tech news publication and a web reverse proxy service have to do with this? These are really suspicious companies to have involved in proving that this tech is solid. Wired is a pretty goofy magazine at best and CF has no expertise (that we know of) in this kind of security, it's nothing to do with their business.
yeah I was definitely wondering why CF was involved in this testing at all? Seemed very weird.
Yes, very fishy.
WTF people can you all not read?
Rogers (now employed by Cloudflare) is famous for being one of the first to break TouchID, as well as having been in the security field forever.
If that was the case, they'd mention him as a specialist, not his employer in an unrelated field.
The article I read did.
The one being discussed, did not.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
CloudFlare is in the security field, but not the facial recognition security field. Nor, from what I know, is Marc. The hackers in question are specifically facial recognition hackers.
Marc has long been in the hacking community. See above post about breaking TouchID.
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@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
CloudFlare is in the security field, but not the facial recognition security field. Nor, from what I know, is Marc. The hackers in question are specifically facial recognition hackers.
Marc has long been in the hacking community. See above post about breaking TouchID.
Right, that was my point. He's long been in OTHER hacking communities, not facial recognition. And not mentioned by the article being discussed.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
CloudFlare is in the security field, but not the facial recognition security field. Nor, from what I know, is Marc. The hackers in question are specifically facial recognition hackers.
Marc has long been in the hacking community. See above post about breaking TouchID.
Right, that was my point. He's long been in OTHER hacking communities, not facial recognition. And not mentioned by the article being discussed.
Specifically he hacked Apple prodcuts how much more do you fucking need.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@dashrender said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
Also of interest, "Prior to the Bkav video, Wired worked with Cloudflare to see if Face ID could be hacked through masks that appear far more sophisticated than the ones the Bkav hack depicts. ".... um, what does a hipster pseudo-tech news publication and a web reverse proxy service have to do with this? These are really suspicious companies to have involved in proving that this tech is solid. Wired is a pretty goofy magazine at best and CF has no expertise (that we know of) in this kind of security, it's nothing to do with their business.
yeah I was definitely wondering why CF was involved in this testing at all? Seemed very weird.
Yes, very fishy.
WTF people can you all not read?
Rogers (now employed by Cloudflare) is famous for being one of the first to break TouchID, as well as having been in the security field forever.
If that was the case, they'd mention him as a specialist, not his employer in an unrelated field.
The article I read did.
The one being discussed, did not.
Actually the one you linked mentioned Cloudflare and specifically linked to the source.
Said Source, is the article I read earlier which correctly identifies Marc.
https://www.wired.com/story/tried-to-beat-face-id-and-failed-so-far/So the issue is Techcrunch editing, not the facts.
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@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
CloudFlare is in the security field, but not the facial recognition security field. Nor, from what I know, is Marc. The hackers in question are specifically facial recognition hackers.
Marc has long been in the hacking community. See above post about breaking TouchID.
Right, that was my point. He's long been in OTHER hacking communities, not facial recognition. And not mentioned by the article being discussed.
Specifically he hacked Apple prodcuts how much more do you fucking need.
Facial Recognition, the thing I keep saying. What does "Apple products" matter. TouchID and FaceID would be unrelated as technologies go. That's like saying I'm a UNIX expert because I used FaceTime well.
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@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@dashrender said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
Also of interest, "Prior to the Bkav video, Wired worked with Cloudflare to see if Face ID could be hacked through masks that appear far more sophisticated than the ones the Bkav hack depicts. ".... um, what does a hipster pseudo-tech news publication and a web reverse proxy service have to do with this? These are really suspicious companies to have involved in proving that this tech is solid. Wired is a pretty goofy magazine at best and CF has no expertise (that we know of) in this kind of security, it's nothing to do with their business.
yeah I was definitely wondering why CF was involved in this testing at all? Seemed very weird.
Yes, very fishy.
WTF people can you all not read?
Rogers (now employed by Cloudflare) is famous for being one of the first to break TouchID, as well as having been in the security field forever.
If that was the case, they'd mention him as a specialist, not his employer in an unrelated field.
The article I read did.
The one being discussed, did not.
Actually the one you linked mentioned Cloudflare and specifically linked to the source.
Said Source, is the article I read earlier which correctly identifies Marc.
https://www.wired.com/story/tried-to-beat-face-id-and-failed-so-far/So the issue is Techcrunch editing, not the facts.
No one disputed the facts, we were saying that TechCrunch lacked creditbility. As does Wired.
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@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@jaredbusch said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
@scottalanmiller said in Hackers Claim to Have Broken Apple's Facial Recognition:
CloudFlare is in the security field, but not the facial recognition security field. Nor, from what I know, is Marc. The hackers in question are specifically facial recognition hackers.
Marc has long been in the hacking community. See above post about breaking TouchID.
Right, that was my point. He's long been in OTHER hacking communities, not facial recognition. And not mentioned by the article being discussed.
Specifically he hacked Apple prodcuts how much more do you fucking need.
Facial Recognition, the thing I keep saying. What does "Apple products" matter. TouchID and FaceID would be unrelated as technologies go. That's like saying I'm a UNIX expert because I used FaceTime well.
