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More and more multinational corporations and ordinary companies are inclined to use facial recognition technology, from which they promise security, a lower error rate than in the case of the human factor and, above all, overall convenience for the users themselves. But not all that glitters is gold, as researchers from the Kneron company, which focuses on the practical use and application of artificial intelligence, soon found out. They managed to bypass most of the systems using just a mask.

Facial recognition technology has reached a point where it is used not only by smartphone manufacturers but also by security agencies and corporations around the world. Artificial intelligence has therefore also been used, for example, at airports, borders and other key locations where the user's identity is verified. However, it has turned out that cybercriminals do not have to try very hard to bypass these systems. This was the finding of researchers from Kneron, who, using a mask that perfectly replicates the face of the user in question, tried to outwit facial recognition technology on three continents. They succeeded in doing so basically everywhere, whether in the case of Chinese payment systems, airport controls or shopping terminals. In all cases, their attempt passed without any resistance, which is somewhat surprising. alarmThe only exception was FaceID from Applu and the equivalent from Huawei, which managed to recognize the mask and deny the access request.

Even Kneron CEO Albert Liu himself commented on the whole experiment, saying that manufacturers should be responsible for their technology and, above all, user data, which can be easily compromised in this way. Of course, the experiment was conducted under supervision and there was no illegal offense, but even so, the results are extremely surprising and the technology giants are probably not very happy. KoneUltimately, this option will only play into the hands of cybercriminals, who can simply make a mask that allows them to hack into almost anything. We'll see if individual companies learn their lesson and pay more attention to the development of their technologies.

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