Windows Hello - Twin Test

With Windows 10 , microsoft released many new features in which one of them was - Windows Hello. Windows Hello is a security feature by which you can sign in your pc via fingerprint scanning, facial recognition and etc. to prevent any unauthorized access. 

Facial recognition being one of the cool and best feature for authenticating can be tricky sometime when you have got identical twins. An online publication, The Australian, tested the facial recognition feature of Windows Hello in Windows 10 for identical twins. They did an experiment in Sydney and Melbourne with the help of six pairs of identical twins and asked one from each one of them to register on the Windows 10 PC using the facial recognition security lock. After this, the other twin from each set was asked to look into the camera and try to sign-in. Interestingly, Windows Hello identified them and denied access to the PC.

According to The Australian, they tried many different ways by changing the looks of the twin and still Windows Hello was able to identify the correct one. They also said that sometimes while verifying, Windows Hello took time to authenticate the correct child but interestingly, was always right.

Microsoft claimed about Windows 10 improved security features and said that the chances of allowing someone else to sign-in to Windows 10 PC are even less than 1 in 100,000.