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Samsung Galaxy S8’s Facial Unlocking Feature Can Be Fooled With A Photo

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus have both IRIS and Facial Recognition features, making it easier for users to unlock their smartphone and signing into websites. But, we have seen a number of hacks involving Biometric security systems in the past, which prove that fingerprint scanner and IRIS scanner are less secure than a passcode and can be fooled by anyone, perhaps, using a photograph of the user. YouTube vlogger iDeviceHelp posted a video on his channel, in which he demonstrated that unlocking a phone is as simple as getting the device owner’s picture from Facebook.

Source: https://thehackernews.com/2017/03/samsung-galaxy-s8-facial-unlocking.html

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