Ok, this could be cool.
While it’s one thing to be able to access your iPhone via the slider or enter a passkey, it’s another thing altogether to have your mug be the thing that gains access to your smartphone.
Per Macworld UK, RecognizeMe is an app aimed at jailbroken iPhones, and basically gives you the option of not just using a passcode to unlock your phone, but to require facial recognition too. After adding a few images into an image gallery (“Training Sets”), the app will simply give you the option when you next try to unlock your phone to either type in a passcode or use facial recognition.
Per the article, the app will scan you a few times before deciding if you are the real owner of the phone (though you can adjust the security, meaning people who look ever so slightly like you might be able to get in).
Although the creator (currently only found on YouTube) says it’s still a little rough, a few testers have found that even pushing the security to “80% secure” still lets others in, and that it can take up to 20 seconds to verify you.
Although it’s not quite available to the public, it is currently processing in the CydiaStore and it’s believed that it’ll retail for US$6.99 when it becomes available.
And since a picture’s worth a thousand words and videos are made of sequential pictures…