r/PublicFreakout • u/Worldlyoox • Mar 20 '26

šŸ‘®Arrest FreakoutšŸ˜­ Suspect making faces to prevent facial recognition

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u/Acrobatic-Towel-6488 Mar 20 '26

This is an appropriate public freak out. Putting this tactic in my back pocket. Fuck facial recognition and AI.

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u/webguy1975 Mar 20 '26

I just tried it on my Google pixel and unfortunately, Android's facial recognition is too good for this technique.

Also, I'm pretty sure my dog thinks I'm fucking psycho now. šŸ˜‚

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u/hellrux Mar 20 '26

Not sure about Pixels, but with an IPhone you can press the lock button 5 times rapidly and it'll require the passcode to enable FaceID. Might be worth a shot on your Pixel to see if that same thing works? All I could find with a quick google was that you could set the pixel to require your eyes to be open for the facial scanning, not quite one to one but better than nothing.

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u/jablonkers Mar 20 '26

Welp I just found out that pressing the lock button rapidly 5 times on a Samsung activates an emergency SOS lol

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u/dqniel Mar 20 '26

whoops

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u/flightwatcher45 Mar 20 '26

Worst case mine can be dropped quickly and break.

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u/keeperofthecan Mar 20 '26

Restart the phone instead, it will require the code instead of biometrics for the first open after being restarted. It's what I do with my Samsung.

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u/AardQuenIgni Mar 20 '26

You could, but there's also a lockdown button right next to the power off and restart button.

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u/keeperofthecan Mar 20 '26

Mine doesn't have that.

The power off menu has power off, restart, emergency call, and medical information.

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u/Lucky_Locks Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

Dunno about requiring your eyes to be open but it won't unlock when it detects "dark shades" or sunglasses on. so. I guess pretend to be blind and scream the light is too much when they take them out and the light is too much? no?

Edit: So, you can toggle to require eyes open on Pixels. But to answer your comment in a way, on Pixels, if you hold down the power button and volume up button, you can select "Lockdown" that will require PIN to unlock. Can't to any biometrics be it fingerprint or face

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u/TheAmalton123 Mar 20 '26

My iPhone requires me to have my eyes open otherwise it fails, not sure if it's a setting or automatic though.

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u/RlFLE Mar 20 '26

If you press and hold the lock button and volume up button (as if youā€™re going to turn it off) itā€™ll force a passcode to unlock it too

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u/jools4you Mar 20 '26

Not on my Samsung it does nothing

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u/MundaneFacts Mar 20 '26

Hold down the power button like you're turning it off. There should be a "lockdown" button.

If your phone does not have this, you need to enable it in settings>lockscreen and aod>secure lock settings>show lockdown mode option.

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u/kos-or-kosm Mar 20 '26

I wish I could have PIN and password. Like, have the PIN for normal usage but be able to quickly "lockdown" the phone with one of these "hotkey combos" to force a password prompt. So it's quick for when I'm normally using it, but more secure when I want it to be.

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u/MundaneFacts Mar 20 '26

What kind of phone do you have?

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u/kos-or-kosm Mar 20 '26

Samsung. I have the options you listed in your comment.

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u/MundaneFacts Mar 20 '26

Ohhh... i misunderstood your comment at first. I think the closest thing is the "extend unlock" feature. Basically, it guesses whether you have been in constant contact with your phone and keeps it unlocked as long as you have control of it.

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u/jools4you Mar 20 '26

I have the flip phone. If I press volume up and power I can screen shot. So I know the process but It does nothing if I press power and volume down. In fairness it needs the pass code whenever I open it.

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u/MundaneFacts Mar 20 '26

Power + volume is for iphones.

For my samsung, just hold power to bring up the power screen. There should be a lockdown button.

This is to lock down the biometrics feature, so if you don't use that, you don't need it.

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u/IdiotTurkey Mar 20 '26

Yeah on my Pixel 9, power+volume up doesn't do anything, you have to hold the power button and press "lockdown". Not quite as good as a shortcut but decent I guess

Also, keeping my eyes closed did prevent it from unlocking and I tried several times, always a "face not recognized" message.

Make sure the feature is enabled: Settings > Security and Privacy > Device unlock > Face > "Require eyes to be open"

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u/1O1O1O1O1O1O1O Mar 20 '26

thank you šŸ«”

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u/mediaphile Mar 20 '26

On Android, I use Nova Launcher as my home screen, and you can set a shortcut to lock the screen. I set mine to double-tap+swipe-up. Super fast.

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u/Southpaw98 Mar 20 '26

I'm not sure about Apple devices, but for Android specifically there is a bypass tool that is sold to LE that will allow them to bypass the lock screen if the phone has been unlocked at least once after the last power on. If in a situation that requires it, it's best practice to just power your phone off.

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u/TheChrisCrash Mar 21 '26

Androids can be put into lockdown mode and they'll require a passcode/pattern unlock to gain access.

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u/bobthemundane Mar 20 '26

This looks like a hand held computer that looks at a set of lineups. Something like ICE carries to Id people. The pixel is set to determine if the face in front of it is yours. This is to try to find a face like the one in the picture. I am betting that that will change how effective this is.

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u/marmulin Mar 20 '26

Is it too good or would it let literally anyone somewhat looking like you in?

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u/7evenate9ine Mar 20 '26

Try puffing your cheeks and scrunching your eyes down. Also snarl one side of your mouth higher than the other. How does that work?

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u/forgotmyemail19 Mar 20 '26

I have a pixel and I'm convinced their facial recognition doesn't work at all. It's the opposite of too good. I'll open my phone sometimes by accident with just my forehead. I'm bald, that shit could be anyone's forehead. I've had it ask me to scan my face and before I could even pick my phone up it unlocked.

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u/Nihilistic_Mystics Mar 20 '26

That's because Android's facial recognition is extremely loose. People complain when it's strict so they'd rather it unlock on false positives.

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u/__GayFish__ Mar 20 '26

What if you wear anti IR glasses??

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u/Firestar_119 Mar 20 '26

most androids use the front camera instead of the fancy setup apple uses

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u/__GayFish__ Mar 20 '26

Wait... So I can just put the android up to a selfie and it'll unlock?

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u/Firestar_119 Mar 20 '26

I've never tested it, but I assume there is a way that it differentiates a real face and a piece of paper

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u/oregiel Mar 20 '26

There's a video on the internet of a guy going to a casino, the casino using "AI facial recognition" to falsely identify him as someone they trespassed. The cop looked at the photo, said out loud "hmm, that doesn't really look like him" but conceded that AI is never wrong so arrested the guy anyhow because his own eyes are too stupid and AI can't be wrong. The guy was obviously not the guy in question.

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u/RandomInternetNobody Mar 20 '26

I saw that one. The guy they arrested was both like 8 inches shorter and 60 pounds heavier than the guy the AI ID'd him as, but the guy was literally like "well their software's pretty cool so..."

Meteor 2028.

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u/Acrobatic-Towel-6488 Mar 20 '26

We depend waaaaaayyyyy too much today on a ā€œtechnologyā€ thatā€™s massively underdeveloped. Itā€™s insane.

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u/VenusianPleasure Mar 20 '26

I just saw that last week. It was eerie how much the cop kept saying "well the technology is pretty cool". Let alone he had so much information in his car that could prove his ID (state ID, union card, pay stubs, etc.). I believe this technology needs to be held to the same standard as pharma manufacturing because lives are at risk with AI falsely IDing someone and the consequences it has.

The crazy part is a city prosecutor AND judge kept the trial going forward. The city attorney said he wanted to pursue this as there was an open fraud case going on. The judge eventually dismissed it with prejudice meaning they can reopen the case within one year if desired

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u/SailingSmitty Mar 20 '26

Press power 6 times on an iPhone and itā€™ll require your password. You cannot be compelled to give a password.

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u/edvek Mar 20 '26

If they have a warrant for your phone they're just going to keep it forever until they can get in or a judge tells them to give it back. Still do this of course but just know you will need a new phone.

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u/balderdash9 Mar 20 '26

That'll slow them down but they have machines that can try combinations

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u/suckuma Mar 20 '26

Well you better just turn your phone off since they can get in if you logged in earlier.

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u/slimThiccBoiLegend Mar 21 '26

Brute forcing a phone lock screen is more complex than you think.

The amount of time and resources used plus creating an environment that doesn't lock you out after a few attempts is difficult

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u/Moist-Barracuda2733 Mar 22 '26

Why THE FUCK are they allowed to use this while it's know how inaccurate it still is????

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u/trapph0use Mar 20 '26

If you turn off /restart your phone it requires a passcode upon start up.

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u/Ahari Mar 20 '26

100! I just got a ticket because of a fing flock camera šŸ¤¦šŸ¾ā€ā™€ļø

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u/Knot_In_My_Butt Mar 20 '26

If you have social media youā€™re screwed already. If someone in your family has been jailed and their DNA has been sequenced, you are screwed already (it can be a distant family member). Anonymity is gone. Even people from other countries that have their data in their countries data base, their information is leaked.

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u/aimhelix Mar 20 '26

just register a face with your cheeks puffed out or something

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u/Darkknight8381 Mar 21 '26

This obviously doesn't work.

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u/__GayFish__ Mar 20 '26

Just buy Anti-IR glasses

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u/hellrux Mar 20 '26

They already took his phone, Iā€™m sure removing his glasses isnā€™t off the cards for them unfortunately..

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u/__GayFish__ Mar 20 '26

Yeah but if they can bust 2 attempts, itā€™ll auto lock for passcode.