Face login question
August 13th, 2013
Face login usually tries to find the landmarks of your face, including eyes, nose, cheekbone and they act as reference points. A unique pattern is drawn between these reference points and is compared to the existing stored pattern.
If you were to cover any of the landmarks with something (eg. fake nose, hair covering eyes, large beard, etcetera), then the facial recognition system would fail to detect you and thus prevent you from logging in. Furthermore, some facial recognition systems allow you to login to the computer without any further password.
However, some systems can be tricked in to unlocking the PC by holding up a photo of you (or so I’ve heard). So it’s better to use a password anyway.