That's pretty funny, but seriously XboxFun stop trying to downplay the PS4 for no apparent reason lol. I'm pretty sure this can be done with a lot of facial recognition tech, including the Xbox One.
So for security reasons, people better not log in using an iron man mask or any other mask for that matter, because someone could then use an iron man mask to gain access to your system ...
I have to agree with XboxFun on this one. I don't think he's trying to downplay the PS4. If you read the article, it took considerable effort to fool the facial recognition which is actually a plus for the PS4.
@ DragonKnight ~ He is absolutely trying his best to drum up negativity and downplay anything PS4 related.
On topic ~ the funny thing is this (totally not a hack) "hack" would be used by someone who ACTUALLY wants to have a universal login...thus making this a non-issue for those who wouldn't use this "hack" as it doesn't affect them. Hell in theory the same should work for the Xbone & Kinect 2.0...but I bet you wouldn't see him submit that "news".
I'm not denying that XboxFun is a troll, but if you read the article there really isn't anything too negative in it. They had to work hard to fool the camera and I think that that's a good thing.
I mean, you can probably say the same thing about the Kinect in the future so I doubt this is an isolated thing, but there are far worse things XboxFun could post to try and downplay the PS4.
You guys know that I've had my run ins with XboxFun before, I'm just saying that he (she?) didn't really do any damage here.
aside from just having some fun, who would be DUMB enough to actually use a mask for login purposes? Even Tony Stark himself would open the mask for god sake and so do other superheroes with mask according to recent movies!
oh wait...I think I hacked my laptop fingerprint identification too. I didn't use all my fingers during registration but instead each and everyone in my family had their index finger scanned so all of us can use it to login! yea...NOT!
@GribbleGrunger "So for security reasons, people better not log in using an iron man mask or any other mask for that matter, because someone could then use an iron man mask to gain access to your system ...
Yup, you guys caught me red handed. I knew an article like this would severely cripple the PS4 and change everyone's decision on purchasing a PS4.
I said to myself:
"Wow, here's a fun little article of these tech guys having some fun with the PS4's camera. I bet if I submit this to N4G it will topple the console war in Xbox One's favor."
Then I threw on a viscous smile, stroked my evil hairless cat and manically laughed as I submitted this life threatening article about the PS4.
I may favor the Xbox but I'm not like a lot here (Maria!!) who's only purpose is to post negative articles about a console.
You fanboys need to calm down.
@ Dragon
I can't even believe that you are the only one here with common sense to know this article has nothing to do with any attempt at downplaying the PS4.
Not necessarily, but I believe the point was that someone could gain access to another's account with (like in the article's example, a picture which happened to be displayed on a tablet held in front of the camera) someone else's pic. They were simply suggesting to heed Sony's disclaimer and to not use this feature as a level of security, to which I would agree.
So this 'hacking' is... purposefully setting up your own account with an easily exploitable 'password' so that anybody who knows what you've done can access your account by doing the same thing? That's more than a little silly. 'Hey check out my l33t hacking skillz. I set my password to 12345 and then told everybody what it was. I'm a hacker!'
Don't get me wrong. I do think the face recognition thing is totally flawed and easily exploitable. I mean what if somebody sends my machine back in time to the mid nineties and Brad Pitt finds it? He'd be able to totally screw up my autosaves.
That's pretty funny, but seriously XboxFun stop trying to downplay the PS4 for no apparent reason lol. I'm pretty sure this can be done with a lot of facial recognition tech, including the Xbox One.
Wouldn't this only work if someone actually used a mask in the same way someone would set a combination lock to "111"?
Yes, because this makes more sense than logging in.... with your face.
The purpose this feature was designed for..
I have to get a new helmet...
Rocky Dennis is screwed.