Security News > 2021 > January > Intel wheels out new face authentication product that works a lot like Apple's FaceID

Intel has gingerly dipped a toe into the face-based authentication market with the launch of its RealSense ID product.

In terms of security, Chipzilla has made some bold claims, stating RealSense ID has a one-in-one-million false acceptance rate and can withstand the usual attempts to circumvent face-based authentication tools, like masks and photographs, with - according to its RealSense webpage - a spoof acceptance rate of less than 0.1 per cent.

In terms of implementation, RealSense is similar to the approach taken by Apple with FaceID, which sees the heavy computational legwork performed on-device with dedicated hardware.

Realsense ID will launch with support for Windows out of the box, with Linux and Android support promised for a later day.

"With the attacks against traditional password-based authentication continuing to rise, multi-factor and stronger forms of authentication are essential. It's encouraging to see effort put into developments of better authentication mechanisms. However, like many security controls, one of the biggest challenges is adoption and security of the system itself."

Intel suggests RealSense ID could fit environments where security and the reliability of authentication is of the utmost importance, like airport gates and check-in kiosks, point-of-sale systems, and ATMs. Pre-orders for RealSense are open now.

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