A deep fake can indeed duplicate a face, but modern iPhones cannot be unlocked by a picture because they use depth sensors as well as the camera to look at you.
An infrared dot projector covers your face with invisible points of light that are then examined by an infrared camera to figure out the 3D shape. This debunks the movieRed Noticewhen it uses an iPad to mimic a face and unlock a door – unless the security of a billionaire’s vault is worse than his iPhone!
No, you need something like the sci-fi tech you see inMission Impossible: 3D-printed masks that have the right shape and appearance.
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