Irish politician Matt Carthy hacked by own children
Hacking facial-recognition systems is so easy a kid could do it.
One Irish politician found this out the hard way when he discovered the reason he kept finding his laptop battery drained. It turns out his kids were using his campaign flyers — prominently featuring a picture of his face — to bypass the facial-recognition lock on his computer.
SEE ALSO:Think twice about posting photos of your kid on Facebook"So, I was wondering why the battery on my laptop was running down every time I left it at home," Sinn Féin MEP Matt Carthy, who represents the Midlands Northwest constituency, tweeted Tuesday. "Turns out the kids have been using my election leaflets to get through the facial recognition lock..."
Tweet may have been deleted
Yeah, not exactly elite hacker moves, but effective nevertheless.
This is of course not the first time we've seen supposedly sophisticated facial-recognition systems defeated with a simple photo. Just last summer Mashable managed to trick the OnePlus 6's face unlock with a printed mask. In general, experts consider this form of biometric security to be a questionable method of securing your phone or computer at best.
Carthy, however, has mixed feelings about getting owned.
"I’m not sure whether to be proud by the wit or concerned by the sneakiness," he wrote of his children.
And while what the politician thinks of his offsprings' ingenuity is his business, we do have one suggestion for him: start using an alphanumeric passphrase.
Featured Video For You
Facial recognition coming to U.S. airports by 2021
相关文章
NYT Strands hints, answers for August 29
If you're reading this, you're looking for a little help playing Strands, the New York Times' elevat2024-09-22- 甜蜜开摘!德庆贡柑正式上市_南方+_南方plus“1,2,3!德庆贡柑正式开摘了!”11月11日下午,广东省肇庆市德庆县东璞生态农业有限公司的果园里人头攒动,随着剪刀闭合,一颗圆润饱满、透着清香的果子2024-09-22
- 张淼作画“孤峰绝青天,断岩横漏阁,六时常是雨,闻有飞仙度。”民国时期,中国美术界大师张大千曾在西康省采风作画,留下了许多以雅安为题材的画作。7月2日,张大千之子张淼全国巡回画展第四站在雅安举办,而这是2024-09-22
Peter Dinklage says 'Game of Thrones' ending is like saying goodbye to family
Peter Dinklage won his third Emmy for Game of Thronesduring Monday night's Emmy Awards, amid a bitte2024-09-22US to oppose North Korean worker dispatch to occupied Ukrainian territory: State Dept.
Spokeperson for the State Department Matthew Miller speaks during a press briefing in Washington, D.2024-09-22Kamala Harris, Loretta Sanchez can lock up California Senate seat for Democrats on Tuesday.
Tuesday’s main event is California’s Democratic presidential primary, which may—or may not—serve as2024-09-22
最新评论