Google’s Pixel 4, which was unveiled to a relatively muted response earlier this week, brings hardware-based facial recognition, but a tweet from a BBC journalist now suggests that it might not be as safe as the technology originally debuted by the iPhone X a couple of years back. According to Chris Fox, the facial recognition feature in Google’s latest flagship “works even if you’re asleep / dead”.
Proof, for those asking #madebygoogle #pixel4 pic.twitter.com/mBDJphVpfB
Meanwhile, replying to Fox’s post on Twitter, another user, Michael Carlyle (@mtciii), posted a screenshot that seemingly shows the Pixel 4 does, indeed, have a toggle to activate the ‘open eyes’ functionality that will enable users to unlock the phone via facial recognition only when the user’s eyes are open.
