"Business Insider" said : Samsung Galaxy S8 facial recognition tricked with a photo

collected by : Andro Alex The Samsung Galaxy S8, which launches April 21, has a new facial recognition feature that lets you unlock the phone just by looking into the front-facing camera. Our advice: If you get the Galaxy S8, don't use the facial recognition feature to lock your phone. In a demo, which we first saw on The Verge, iDeviceHelp was able to fool the facial recognition feature with a photo. After the video was published, a Samsung spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement that facial recognition isn't intended to be a secure feature. Here's a video of iDeviceHelp tricking the Galaxy S8 with a photo:


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And it is interesting that the Galaxy S8 facial recognition feature was tricked by a selfie taken from a different Galaxy S8. Early reviewers of the Galaxy S8 discovered a security flaw in the facial recognition feature. The Samsung Galaxy S8 will be available for purchase in stores starting April 28th (U.S. or April 21st in other countries). SamsungEarlier this week, the Samsung Galaxy S8 line of devices were announced with tremendous fanfare. But Periscope user MarcianoPhone learned that the facial recognition feature could be fooled by using a photo of the phone's owner.