OnePlus 6 was launched this month by the OnePlus company, the phone has already been offered for pre-order, and some have managed to test it, so we have the opportunity to find out that the facial recognition system is a bad joke. As you can see from the video clip below, the OnePlus 6 can have the facial recognition system fooled with a simple picture of the one who recorded his face, OnePlus admitting that security was not a priority.
The OnePlus 6 most likely has the standard facial recognition system that Google implemented in the Android operating system, so it was expected that it would not live up to everyone's expectations. After Apple implemented Face ID to provide advanced security for facial recognition, many Android phone manufacturers promoted their own similar but clearly inferior systems that can be fooled extremely easily.
OnePlus 6: EMBARRASSING, can be DECEIVED with a Picture
I printed my face to unlock my OnePlus 6 for the lulz… it worked ¯_(ツ)_/¯ pic.twitter.com/rAVMq8JKBr
— rik van duijn (@rikvduijn) May 29, 2018
The OnePlus 6 can be tricked with both color and black and white photos, so we're talking about something that's only good for a child to play with and wonder how the phone unlocks when it sees its face. For daily use, the facial recognition system in the OnePlus 6 is not even recommended by the manufacturer, and this shows how embarrassing it is to promote it as a function of the phone, when people should avoid it.
"We designed Face Unlock around convenience, and while we took corresponding measures to optimize its security we always recommend you use a password/PIN/fingerprint for security. For this reason Face Unlock is not enabled for any secure apps such as banking or payments. We're constantly working to improve all of our technology, including Face Unlock."
OnePlus 6 can be praised for the fact that it offers top specifications at half the price of competing premium Android phones, but it copied a little from the competition to be successful. Having said that, if you intend to buy a OnePlus 6, do not use the facial recognition system to unlock your phone because it is completely insecure, and can be tricked even with black and white photos.
