feat: make the basic photo check the default, no blink needed

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<h3 align="center">Face ID for KDE Plasma.</h3>
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Look at the screen and it unlocks: the lock screen, sudo and admin prompts. A photo of you is not enough.
Look at the screen and it unlocks: the lock screen, sudo and admin prompts. A photo on a phone does not fool it.
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<img src="res/screenshots/unlock.webp" alt="The bubble drops down over the lock screen, the face in it looks around, asks for a blink, and two green rings spin and land around a tick" width="480">
<img src="res/screenshots/unlock.webp" alt="The bubble drops down over the lock screen, the face in it looks around, and two green rings spin and land around a tick" width="480">
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It is a convenience, not a security upgrade. Face ID on a phone sees your face in 3D. A webcam only
sees a flat picture.
- A photo does not get in: the face has to blink or turn a little, and a photo can do neither.
- A phone or tablet held up to the camera is caught by its reflection and its straight edges.
- You do not have to blink. A photo on a phone or tablet, or a glossy print, is still refused:
it gives itself away by its reflection and its straight edges.
- A matte printed photo can get past that. Set the photo check to *strict* in the settings: then
the face has to blink or turn a little, and a photo can do neither.
- A video of you can still get in.
- Five failed tries in a row pause it for 15 minutes, or until you use your password.
- Only root can read your face data. Adding or deleting a face always needs your password.