The Future of Liveness Checks: Emerging Technologies and Trends
Remember those bank heists in Hollywood movies where the actor opens secured bank vaults using fake fingerprints, eyeballs, and masks? Or, scenes where someone uses a dead person’s finger to open restricted areas? What if these anti-authentication attacks, also known as “spoofing” become a reality? Nothing would be safe in this world anymore. With artificial intelligence at its prime, cloning facial images or voice is not impossible. You can get duped, and this is serious. But, as a token of relief, these spoofing attacks aren’t as effective in real life as in the blockbusters that we all love. The fact that digital transactions have become a part of our daily lives necessitates fraud prevention to the highest degree. The demand from consumers for biometric and facial authentication technology is on the rise like never before. This is evident in the facial recognition market reaching $4 billion in value in 2020 . It is anticipated to expand further in the coming decade...