Chinese woman offered refund after facial recognition allows colleague to unlock iPhone X

[JDragon]

Oh boy, the jokes write themselves!

<Oku02>

It appears facial recognition is racist.

Chinese woman offered refund after facial recognition allows colleague to unlock iPhone X
A woman in the eastern Chinese city of Nanjing has been offered a second refund after faulty facial recognition software on two iPhone X handsets allowed her colleague to unlock them.

The woman, identified only by her surname Yan, told the Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation that despite activating and configuring each phone’s facial recognition software, her work colleague was able to get into both devices on every attempt.
Yan said the first time it happened, she called the Apple hotline, but the staff would not believe her. Shen then went with her colleague to the nearest Apple store, where her colleague used facial recognition on the phone to demonstrate the issue to staff, according to the report.

The store said the camera might be faulty and gave Yan a refund. But the new iPhone X that she bought also had the same problem, prompting the shop to offer another refund, the report said. No details were given about whether the woman decided to purchase a third iPhone X.

http://m.scmp.com/news/china/societ...ffered-refund-after-facial-recognition-allows

 

[peytonlucy]

Did they try slanting the device the other way? I heard something about Asian women and...nevermind.

 

[Last Samurai]

they look exactly the same
no amount of technology
could tell them apart

 

[RerouteToRemain]

 

[tonni]

So what's the serious explanation of this?

 

[The ScorpioN]

So what's the serious explanation of this?

Facial structure similarity?

 

[tonni]

Facial structure similarity?

Does this happen often? I literally never used facial recognition and I still think it's creepy. Is it just a flawed tool?

 

[Gandhi]

<Oku02>

Are you saying the above girls could open the same phone ?

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

I've seen men with beards open other bearded dudes phones.

That sounds dirty for some reason

 

[Contra-dictator]

So what's the serious explanation of this?

Liberal theology misled you?

 

[Last Samurai]

I've seen men with beards open other bearded dudes phones.

That sounds dirty for some reason

sometimes it also works with pubic hair

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

sometimes it also works with pubic hair

Never gonna let you down

 

[Curmudgeon]

 

[RerouteToRemain]

<Oku02>

Are you saying the above girls could open the same phone ?

That's not the same girl?

 

[HomerThompson]

<Oku02>

Are you saying the above girls could open the same phone ?

Are you saying those aren't all the same girl?

 

[Fawlty]

Something similar happens with their voice recognition software. "Planted flowers are righteous" is only a soft vowel sound away from "Launch nuclear missiles." It's a fucking mess.

 

[JDragon]

So what's the serious explanation of this?

She's probably lying? At least I heard the facial recognition thing is pretty good.

 

[The ScorpioN]

Does this happen often? I literally never used facial recognition and I still think it's creepy. Is it just a flawed tool?

Probably not as refined as it should be, so it'd recognize a similar face as an equivalent face. Especially in people with phenotypes that very closely resemble each other.

 

[JOE QUEEF]

 

[D3thr0n3d K1ng]

The facial recognition and fingerprint scanner are mostly a gimmick.