A YouTube video surfaced today of a new tweak coming into Cydia. This tweak has been named RecognizeMe and brings biometric security or facial recognition feature to your iDevice for the first time ever. Meaning that instead of having to enter a passcode on the lockscreen you can use facial recognition technology to unlock your iPhone. By matching your face to a pre-defined database, RecognizeMe will unlock your iPhone and give you access to your device. In case you need a reason to jailbreak your iPhone, RecognizeMe is one of them.





According to the official description of RecognizeMe :

RecognizeMe is the first Facial Recognition security for the iPhone. Although not perfect, RecognizeMe does a pretty good job at facial recognition, given optimal conditions. RecognizeMe sits on the iPhone passcode screen, so it serves as an alternate to, rather than a replacement for the passcode.

After being installed, RecognizeMe needs to be trained to recognize your face. There are other settings to tweak, such as Verification Threshold. When RecognizeMe can scan your face successfully, you can use it to unlock your iPhone. RecognizeMe surely, is a neat addition to the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Take a look at the YouTube video of RecognizeMe below…



RecognizeMe is expected to go live in Cydia any moment. The app will be available for $6.99. We will keep you updated on the development status of RecognizeMe. So stay tuned.