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

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@@ -13,10 +13,12 @@ Description: face unlock for KDE Plasma
instead of a password. A bubble at the top of the screen, above the lock
screen too, shows the face being looked for, recognised or refused.
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Before a face counts it has to show a sign of life (a blink, or the nose
moving the way a real nose does when the head turns), so a photo held up to
the camera is not enough. It is a convenience, not a security upgrade: a
webcam sees a flat picture, and a video of the person can get through.
A photo on a phone, a tablet or a glossy print is refused by its
reflection and its straight edges. The strict photo check also wants a sign
of life (a blink, or the nose moving the way a real nose does when the head
turns), which stops a printed photo too. It is a convenience, not a security
upgrade: a webcam sees a flat picture, and a video of the person can get
through.
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Everything runs on the machine. Faces are stored as numbers readable only by
root, never as pictures. Run "plasma-face-unlock disable" before removing