Encrypts data into archives via facial recognition
This program uses webcam video feed to register your face in its database, allowing you to encrypt files into an archive. You may use you face as a key to then decrypt your archives.
Watch the video below
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Runs on Python 3
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A Webcam
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pip install the folowing
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- numpy
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- cmake
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- opencv-python
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- face_recognition
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- pyminizip
python -m face.py
Register your face with option 1, your face will be scanned, a password will be generated alongside the scan, and you may encrypt files.
List out files you'd like to archive and encrypt For example
Choose files to encrypt:
images\potter.jpg images\granger.jpg images\weasley.jpg
Choose a name for the archive
Choose a snazzy name for the archive:
yearbook
It is now stored in an encrypted archive.
Select option 2 to decrypt archives] Your face will now be scanned, and be matched with the database of stored face encodings.
Once a registered user has their face scanned, they will be welcomed and may select to decrypt their files.
Scanning for your gorgeous face...
Welcome Master Dumbledore. What would you like to decrypt?
yearbook.zip
Uncompressing...
Uncompressing and decryption successful!
If you see the above success text, you should see the archive contents unzipped.
All face encodings, usernames, and passwords are stored in pickle files. Pickle files are able to store objects for use in another run of the program.
empties face encodings, username, and password pickle files.
These are the meat of what is returned from the face recognition and openCV libraries. For our purposes, it merely is a face.
The password generated along with a face is 1000 characters with letters, numbers, caps, and special characters. A brute force would take several millenia to crack it. That said, the pickle file is not a safe means to save passwords. It would make sense to generate a one way hash on a smaller password, then compare the hash with the stored database one way hash. This is how most passwords are stored.
https://pypi.org/project/face-recognition/ https://github.com/ageitgey/face_recognition/blob/master/examples/facerec_from_webcam_faster.py
Minizip used to encrypt zip folders with compress and uncompress