Cyber Security Researcher Cancels Briefing on Cracking Apple's 'Face ID'

A cyber security researcher canceled a hacking conference briefing on how he said he could crack biometric facial recognition on Apple Inc. iPhones, at the request of his employer, which called the work “misleading.” The prospect that Face ID could be defeated is troubling because it is used to lock down functions on tens of millions of iPhones from banking and healthcare apps to emails, text messages and photos.