GCSE Cybersecurity - Facial Recognition

This lesson focuses on facial recognition technology (FRT). Students practice making facial signatures to identify people in images.

The lesson starts by describing what authentication is and explaining that there are three ways to authenticate: through something we know, something we have or something that we are physically (also known as biometrics)
Students will discuss how some methods are more secure than others and conclude that two factor authentication (2FA) is the best option.

Students use a website called “thispersondoesnotexist.com” to create fake faces, to draw facial signatures, to use in a team guessing activity. Students also watch a video to discover that FRT has many applications and benefits. However, there are also some ethical concerns including equity, accuracy, and bias. These can be discussed as a class.