Facial login

I can only login in websites using facial login from windows explorer. Does any other browsers support the software ? please make me know..

 

fastaccess does not yet support firefox. we have to wait for an update before that will happen. the documentation claimed something like june 2009 they would have it ready, but so far none of the updates for fastaccess have included this feature. so we have to keep waiting, i suppose you could always email sensible vision and ask

 

why dont we give them a mass mail shot to get it in gear its hardly a huge amount of programming required a simple code revision and maybe increased accuracy for quicker logins

 

So, has anyone tried holding up a picture of themselves to the camera? Does it work? If so, that's a major security hole!

 

Firefox support is now complete. It will be available from Dell in the next major version release (version 3.X). We are currently working with Dell to determine the timing of that release.

 

Actually this is typically the very first thing that most people both think of and try.

For a detailed discussion, please refer to our FAQ. Questions #2, 3, and 4 on page 12 are what you're after.

http://www.sensiblevision.com/v/dell/faq.pdf

 

mhh kinda taking a long time...

 

"So, has anyone tried holding up a picture of themselves to the camera? Does it work? If so, that's a major security hole!"
My son used a photo of me to get into my laptop, and it worked!

 

Thanks for your observation. I'll try to help address it here.

As noted in the FAQs, FastAccess has industry leading photo rejection. That said, good security companies will not hide situations where there may be concerns, but instead will publish them widely and then provide tools to address those concerns. We do both.

What I'm about to write I basically pull directly from the online FAQ. It's a good document that I suggest reading for a more complete discussion of this and many other topics.

1. If a photo is taken through or from the perspective of the webcam being used for facial recognition, it is more likely to match the environmental details of how you look when using your PC and is more likely to match. Do not allow this photo to be taken. If this is a real security concern, the "Face + Password" feature eliminates this risk altogether while still maintaining the vast majority of the convenience of face recognition by periodically prompting for just a few characters of your password in addition to a positive recognition.

2. If a photo is held up to the camera and then your password is typed, the photo will of course be learned as being your face. It may then be used to gain access to your account in the future. This is NOT a photo recognition as creating this situation requires either the user's direct involvement (essentially "writing down" their password on the photo for all intents and purposes) or a situation where the password was already compromised (at which point nothing else really matters anyway - the account is compromised with or without a biometric tool). Instructions are included in the FAQ for clearing a biometric database that has been affected in this way.

Be assured that this question has been considered carefully by both Sensible Vision and the many enterprise level organizations that use this very same technology to protect critical health record, banking and other sensitive data.

I hope this is helpful. Thanks.