Biometric liveness checks do not effectively protect Google’s selfie biometrics via video for account enrollment, log-in and recovery against synthetic identities, according to a red team assessment by Reality Defender. A post by Reality Defender AI Researcher and Red Team Specialist Dharva Khambholia explains how a team member used synthetic faces with an eligible Google account owned by Reality Defender. Two enrollments were attempted by a Reality Defender employee using commercially available software for real-time face-swapping and camera manipulation techniques. Biometric liveness detection retains a role, but it is a slightly smaller role, within a larger stack. Article Topicsbiometric liveness detection | face biometrics | Google | Reality Defender | spoof detection | synthetic faces