Meaning of facelock | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A type of headlock in which the opponent's head is clamped around the face.
2. A security protocol based on the attempted user's recognition of faces known to the account owner.

Examples

“He raised his right arm and clamped a facelock on his opponent.”

“I stepped to the side like⟳ the world's worst matador and grabbed him in a front facelock. It was the only shoot⟳ hold⟳ I knew, one that harkened back to my days bouncing at Malarkey's in Calgary.”

“Eventually, someone said, “OK, move⟳ the furniture, and let's wrestle⟳.” The deal⟳ this night was Les challenging my dad, saying, “Bet⟳ you can't hold⟳ me in a front facelock.” My dad put⟳ the hold⟳ on, and Les struggled to free himself, but ended up passing out after a few minutes.”

“This contrast can be used as the basis for a personalised ‘facelock’, in which authentication succeeds or fails based on image-invariant recognition of faces that are familiar to the account holder.”

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