The Galaxy S8's Facial Recognition Can Be Fooled By a Photo

[DroidModderX]

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Google released their own version of Facial Recognition way back on the Galaxy Nexus. It was a heavily embraced feature at first until people realized it could be tricked with a photo. It quickly became a feature that no one was willing to use just based on how insecure it is for someone to be able to unlock your phone with a photo.

Samsung announced a new revolutionary facial recognition feature for the S8. It seemed like this would be much more secure than Google's 3 year old face unlock feature, but it seems to be the exact same. During the presentation it seemed that the Galaxy S8 would be able to scan the 3D contours of your face and only unlock if your actual face was in front of the screen. The facial recognition has already been tested and works with a 2D photo. The good news is that there are many other more secure ways to unlock your Galaxy s8.

 

[Miklb58]

So I wonder if they tossed the iris scanner used in the Note7.

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[bkdodger]

So I wonder if they tossed the iris scanner used in the Note7.

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It has the Iris scanner as well ...so you have options ...pin ...swipe ...back sensor...face ...Iris


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[xeene]

Ha, I called it couple weeks ago!
The Galaxy S8 May Use Facial Recognition For Payments

 

[Miklb58]

Ha, I called it couple weeks ago!
The Galaxy S8 May Use Facial Recognition For Payments

I recalled reading that someone did!

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