Alibaba Group Holding Limited
Authentication and authentication mode determination method, apparatus, and electronic device

Abstract:

An authentication method includes: acquiring a front face feature and a side face feature of a first user in response to a face authentication request of the first user; searching, based on the front face feature and the side face feature of the first user, a first list of users of multiple births corresponding to the first user for a candidate user matching both the front face feature and the side face feature of the first user, wherein the first list of users of multiple births corresponding to the first user is a list of users of multiple births with similar front face features and non-similar side face features; and determining, based on consistency between the candidate user and the first user in the front face feature and the side face feature, whether the first user succeeds in authentication.