Is it Possible to Generate Irreversible PolyProtected Templates from Face Embeddings using System-Specific Keys?

arXiv:2610.01385 · cs.CR, cs.CV · Submitted 2026-10-01 · Read on arXiv

cs.CR, cs.CV

Submitted: 2026-10-01

Updated: 2026-10-01

Code: https://github.com/deepinsight/insightface

Terminology

• Embeddings — 83× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Accuracy — 26× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Generalizability — 9× in this paper · explained in 6 episodes
• Biometric Template Protection — 7× in this paper
• INVERSION SUCCESS RATE — 6× in this paper
• Verification — 5× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• APPLIED TO RANDOM VECTORS — 2× in this paper
• Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Workshops — 2× in this paper
• False Match Rate — 2× in this paper
• International Workshop on Biometrics and Forensics — 2× in this paper
• Clustering — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Edge Devices — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

Sources

• Inverting face embeddings with convolutional neural networks
• Beyond Identity: What Information Is Stored in Biometric Face Templates?
• A Deeper Dive into the Irreversibility of PolyProtect: Making Protected Face Templates Harder to Invert
• in-Car Biometrics (iCarB) Datasets for Driver Recognition: Face, Fingerprint, and Voice

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