BioID shares encouraging research on deepfakes and biometric liveness detection with EAB

Deepfake images and videos pose a significant threat to biometric systems used for remote identity verification, and existing liveness technologies can detect them, making an attack vector for non-deepfakes a vulnerability businesses need to be aware of. 'Why Deepfakes aren't the Real Challenge for Remote Biometrics' was presented by Ann-Kathrin Freiberg of BioID in the latest lunch talk presented by the European Association for Biometrics (EAB). More than 250 attendees from more than 40 countries around the world pre-registered for the presentation, many of whom were highly engaged in discussion throughout. The origin of the term based on the use of deep learning to manipulate or fake an image, video or audio file was reviewed, and Freiberg shared several examples of deepfakes, including a morph fake created by a BioID employee from a free app and a single image found on the internet. Some basic tips for spotting deepfake videos were shared, such as observing the transition between different areas of the face and head, and frequency or lack of blinking.