ZoOm® – 3D Face Liveness &
Authentication Software
iBeta/NIST Certified Anti-Spoofing – Level 1&2
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Universal 3D biometric software for 10+ Billion Smart Devices & Webcams.
Ends Identity Theft.
UnSharable, UnPhishable & virtually Spoof-Proof.
Patented ZoOm-in user experience, 2 Sec Auth, as simple as a selfie.
ZoOm, You’re In, Instantly.
While the Patented Process:
Verifies
Identity
Verifies
3-Dimensionality
Verifies
Liveness
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If you can take a Selfie, you can
prove your Identity with ZoOm.
Universal Compatibility
ZoOm makes human liveness checks and biometric authentication fast, easy and incredibly secure for everyone, regardless of their device. Simply center your face in the oval and when it expands ZoOm-in a few inches. The camera captures high-resolution video frames of your 3D face and you instantly gain access.
Cross-Platform Portability
ZoOm replaces passwords with 3D FaceMaps that can be created with almost any smart device or PC with a webcam. You can enroll using a laptop and authenticate later from a smartphone or tablet, or vice versa. The same ZoOm user interface allows you to access any enabled App or webpage, unlocking everything from your car door to your bank account. ZoOm offers more security, flexibility, portability and convenience than any other biometric modality.
For all modern
smart devices & webcams
instant authentication after a 10-second enrollment
Works in real-world lighting conditions
Great with Glasses, Makeup & Beards
Adaptive learning tracks
changes over time
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PICTURE OR PERSON?
#Trueliveness
ZoOm’s 3D FaceMap is the best of biometric modalities, instantly accessible by the user from almost any device, but impossible for bad actors to record and replay reliably with today’s media technology.
ZoOm’s patented process scans a 3D face with a 2D camera to ensure the real user is present at the exact time of face matching. unZoOmed, transitional, and fully-ZoOmed frames are captured as the camera gets closer to the face. If the face is 3D, measurable perspective distortion is observed, but if the face is flat like in a photo or video the distortion is not present. Therefore, much more 3D signal is stored in a ZoOm 3D FaceMap than is contained in a photo or video. The ability to reliably determine 3D depth and human liveness makes ZoOm vastly superior to fingerprint, palm, iris, and 2D face.
ZoOm detects the difference between “likeness” and “liveness” using Artificial Intelligence, and confirms that dozens of real human characteristics are observed concurrently. These characteristics cannot be captured and reproduced without measurable generation loss preventing 3D FaceMaps from being phished or successfully shared with imposters like passwords.
ZoOm’s Encrypted 3D FaceMaps:
- Ensure User Liveness
- Stop External Threats
- Stop Botnet Attacks
- Stop Credential Sharing
- Can’t Be Phished From Users
- Expose Generation Loss in Spoofs
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A Note About Biometric Privacy – When addressing biometric privacy concerns, it is critical to understand the significance of Liveness Detection. When a biometric authenticator is truly spoof-proof against digital media, 2D representations of a user won’t fool the system, so bad actors can’t take readily-available photos from Facebook or videos from YouTube and use them to impersonate the user. When a biometric system demands the real 3D user be present at the time of authentication, no photo or video will suffice. 2D spoof attempts are futile and stolen user media is useless.
HOW ZoOm WORKS
ZoOm observes the user’s head, neck, ears, hair, facial features and their environment as the camera is moved closer to the face. During the motion, the camera’s view of the face changes and perspective distortion will be observed if the face is 3D. Conversely, no distortion occurs with 2D objects like photos or videos. FaceTec’s proprietary algorithms capture ~30 video frames while tracking the motion of the device. The result is a dynamic perspective, 3D face authentication from a standard 2D camera.
Spoof Detection 101
To truly understand why FaceTec is more than just another “Facial Recognition” company, the threats that a biometric authenticator faces in the real world must be fully comprehended. Over the last 5 years we dove more deeply into anti-spoofing than anyone else, ever. Performing millions of spoof attempts with every conceivable type of media, while finding ways to stop them.
- 2D paper photos & digital images
- High resolution videos
- Image swap-in after liveness check
- Paper masks with eye & mouth cutouts
- Hollywood masks, wax figures & lifelike dolls
- Photos or video frames animated into avatars
- Video projections on 3D heads
- Sleeping users with closed eyes
- Impostors, lookalikes & identical twins
ZoOm detects generation loss and catches the copies. A ZoOm session contains more 3D human signal than any other type of mobile face biometric, and about 100X more signal than a photo alone. The result is an unsharable, unphishable biometric that is incredibly easy for users to access, yet impossible for criminals to recreate reliably with today’s media technology.
Why Legacy Biometrics Fail
#Trueliveness
- Despite constant hype, legacy biometrics will never replace passwords because they don’t have robust liveness detection, aren’t portable across devices, and can’t stop phishing, credential sharing or complicit user fraud. With legacy biometrics, trusting an unsupervised authentication remains impossible.
- Weak legacy “liveness” detection – like wink, blink or smile – is easily spoofed by photos and avatar videos. It doesn’t matter how many weak factors you string together for MFA. If a cooperative user can spoof the system with self-captured media, then it can’t be considered secure.
- ZoOm’s robust liveness detection stops external threats like phishing, and internal threats like credential sharing and buddy punching.
- ZoOm is so secure it’s the ONLY factor in many high-security scenarios, such as car-sharing, border security, mobile banking and mobile payments.
- ZoOm is the new standard in biometrics because it’s universal, portable across-devices and across-platforms just like a password, but much more secure.
Biometric Best Practices
- Choose strong 3D liveness & anti-spoofing technology. Without it, you can’t trust unsupervised authentications and you will be at risk for security & PR problems.
- Don’t expect users to buy a specific device just for your biometric. It needs to work on what they already own.
- Insist on a straightforward, intuitive interface. User’s must prefer the biometric or they won’t use it at all.
- Server-side matching is the only biometric model that can truly replace passwords, enable cross-platform logins, simplify device upgrades and allow multiple devices/user. On-device matching isn’t future proof.
- Choose a diverse algorithm. Don’t be accused of having a “racist” biometric just because the training sets used to create it were too homogeneous. ZoOm trained with users from over 158 countries.
- Get the Forrester Report: The State Of Facial Recognition For Authentication And Verification
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ZoOm vs.Face ID
Face ID is a specialized hardware sensor that unlocks one specific phone. Face ID, along with fingerprint readers are “Decentralized Biometrics” which can never replace passwords because the users’ data never leaves the device and no identity can be proven to a 3rd party. ZoOm runs on over 10 billion supported devices because it is a 100% software solution that provides the flexibility of cross-device, cross-platform face authentication, and is the only biometric in the world to successfully pass the iBeta Level 1&2 PAD ISO 30107-3 tests.
FaceTec's ZoOm® |
Apple's Face ID |
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|---|---|---|
| Purpose | Universal 3D Face Authentication | Conveniently unlock an iPhone X or XS |
| Installed Base | 10+ Billion Smart Devices [Android (85%) + iOS (14%) & Webcams | Under 5% of in use iOS devices have Face ID |
| Portable | Yes, Cross-Device & Cross-Platform | No, one device only, biometric data can never leave that device |
| Technology | Software: Real-time Computer Vision + 100% FaceTec built proprietary AI | Hardware:Infrared Camera Array ($25) and Neural Network Chip ($26) |
| Interface | Proprietary, Intuitive 3D Video Selfie: ~2 Seconds | Glance at phone to unlock in few hundred milliseconds (claimed) |
| SDK Info | Easy-to-integrate for Android/iOS, plugins for Xamarin, Cordova, Phonegap, Ionic and Appcelerator | No stand-alone SDK possible, special hardware is required |
| Liveness & Depth Detection | TrueLiveness® detection observes & measures 3D Depth, skin texture, eye reflections, eye focus, and many more human traits. | TrueDepth uses projected infrared dots, and needs a special neural network chip to determine if the user is a match and is 3D |
| IP | 2 US Patents on the 3D ZoOm process issued, +10 additional patents pending globally | 20+ infrared related patents from the purchase of PrimeSense in 2013 |
| FAR/FRR | 1/100,000 - 1M depending on lighting and camera - 3-5% FRR in normal lighting | 1/1M (Self Attested) However, numerous False Accepts have been observed |
| Identical Twins | 1/500+ Identical Twin FAR | Apple says, “If you have a Twin, use a PIN.” |
| Children | No observed issues authenticating children, but check local laws before using in your area. | Apple says, "Children under 13 should not use Face ID" |
| 3rd Party Testing/Certs | iBeta – Certified Level 1&2 Spoof Detection iBeta – DEA EPCS Biometric Subsystem Certification UL – Presentation Attack Detection Testing Praetorian Security – Black-Box Penetration Testing | None Publicly Stated |
| Additional Features | Face Image Audit Trail, Multiple-Device, Cross-Platform , Liveness/Match Confidence Score, Store FaceMaps in a Blockchain | Apple says the biometric data will never leave the device, but will store images on device for future upgrades to algorithms |
Clients & Partners
FaceTec is proud to highlight just a few of the organizations providing ZoOm’s class-leading biometric security.
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#Trueliveness
- Supports iOS 8.3+ & Android 4.3+ devices & webcams
- Available in 30+ languages with easy customization
- Portable, cross-device, cross-platform 3D face matching
- Unrivaled liveness detection, Certified PAD Level: 1&2
- False Acceptance Rate (FAR) of 1/100,000 – 1,000,000
- Encrypted FaceMap storage on managed/private cloud
- Lightweight & easy-to-integrate SDKs
- Simple, straightforward and secure RESTful API
- Codebase Tested by Praetorian Security
- Plugins for Xamarin, Appcelerator/Titanium, Phonegap, Cordova, Ionic & React Native
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ZoOm is free for many organizations – See Pricing
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ZoOm Pricing
ZoOm via FaceTec Managed API is free to educational institutions, nonprofits and developers. Enterprises, businesses and those who wish to host the FaceTec Server Library on their Cloud are billed monthly based on usage.
ZoOm via API is Free for:
- Educational institutions
- Non-profit organizations
- Developers
ZoOm is Billed Per User or Per Session for:
- Large & small businesses
- Enterprise accounts
- Government agencies
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Case Studies & Resources
Learn more about ZoOm’s use cases, interface, security and 3rd-party testing, below.
Independent 3rd-Party Testing & Certifications
OWASP: Black & White-Box Pen Testing
ZoOm SDK Penetration Testing
FIDO Member Since 2014
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Press Links
March 25, 2019
FaceTec Biometrics Guard Yoti ID Solution Against Spoofing
Seeking to enhance the biometrics of its digital identity platform, Yoti has teamed up with 3D facial recognition specialist...
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March 22, 2019
Yoti partners with FaceTec for biometric authentication with liveness detection
Yoti is integrating FaceTec’s ZoOm 3D Authentication with TrueLiveness to boost the biometric security of its digital identity offerings and give...
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New FaceTec White Paper Spotlights Crucial Need For Biometric Liveness Detection
FaceTec is bringing attention to a biometric security issue that is too often overlooked – liveness detection. The facial...
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Jumio Named to Fast Company’s 2019 World’s Most Innovative Companies
Jumio announced today it has been named to Fast Company’s annual list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies for...
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About FaceTec
Founded in 2013, FaceTec is the world leader in 3D Face Authentication software with offices in San Diego, CA, Summerlin, NV, New York, NY & London, England.
Software systems architect; 4-time tech founder, the first in 1999 (exited) and 3 in Fintech since 2007 (all successfully operating) Over 25 years experience in customer and channel partner development in key roles at Samsung SDSA, Verizon and Qualcomm. Leading biometrics, GDPR and PSD2 expert with over six years creating digital identity strategies for banks and enterprisesmanagement Team
Kevin Alan Tussy - CEO
Rich Lobovsky - Sr. VP Business Dev
Steve Cook - VP of New Business
advisory Board
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