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Windows Hello cameras are all "depth" cameras so a flat photo won't pass muster.

Two flat images, one for each of the sensor's camera

That’s not how they work. They emit structured light in the form of an array of infrared dots and they measure the time of flight to where the dots strike something.

Maybe new ones are different but that’s how they used to be. Little Kinect devices, really, for sensing faces instead of whole people.


You are exactly right. There's a description here:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/de...

These cameras are considered a "secure biometric" device and AFAIK nobody has faked them. I've flagged the poster who said "try two flat images"


You don't need to flag people who make a mistake.

Did you report your neighbours for skirting covid rules to?

>I've flagged the poster who said "try two flat images"

Hello there! It appears you are misapplying the flagging system. While the suggestion may be incorrect, it is not an "egregious comment".

In addition, your comment doesn't follow the Hacker News Guidelines:

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead. If you flag, please don't also comment that you did.

Have a great day!



Third Amendment issues come up every now and then. For example, legislators have tried to force airlines to provide special services for U.S. military at their own expense:

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lawmaker-wants-to-waive-all...

I'm not saying these men and women aren't deserving, but the taxpayers should foot the bill. A private property owner shouldn't be forced to. Fortunaely, these bills never get far.


Interesting. I haven't heard of many examples. Thanks. Seems the issues that do pop up tend to be loosely related to the original wording. It was focused on quartering in homes.

Though it does say "but in a manner to be prescribed by law." Wouldn't that mean that this bill would technically be viable?








Yes, and nobody here is disagreeing with you.

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