Hacking the PS4's facial recognition by creating a universal login key
A lesser known feature of the PS4 is that if the PlayStation Camera is connected, you can log into a user account via facial recognition. During testing, we found that both the calibration and facial recognition login were highly accurate. So, we did what any good journalists would do and tested the limits of the camera’s accuracy by becoming Iron Man.
If set up in the appropriate conditions — decent lightning, your cool-guy long hair not obscuring your eyebrows, standing the sweet spot distance from the PS Camera — the facial recognition calibration is quick and simple. After it recognizes your face, it asks you to perform some relaxing loosening motions with your head and neck, the same ones you’d do before preparing for some shoulder shrugs. Tilt your head side to side, rotate it back and forth, nod up and down, and your visage will be recognized by the PS4. Though the facial recognition login featured is convenient, it can also be used as an extra layer of security — which we decided to try and crack.
