Introducing Nylon Face Mask Attacks: A Dataset for Evaluating Generalised Face Presentation Attack Detection

Face recognition systems are increasingly deployed across a wide range of applications, including smartphone authentication, access control, and border security. However, these systems remain vulnerable to presentation attacks PAs, which can significantly compromise their reliability. In this wor...

Facial-Recognition Flop: Face Masks Thwart Virus, Stump Security Systems

Face masks not only have shown in research to slow the spread of COVID-19, they also deter facial-recognition technology from correctly identifying people, according to a new study. New research from the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST found that even the best of 89 commercial...