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Why identical twins can fool facial-recognition systems

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Advanced identity scanners are easily defeated by basic biology. Because identical twins share the exact same skeletal structure and orbital spacing, cameras completely fail to differentiate them. Your expensive biometric lock is utterly useless against an evil sibling.

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