"Digital Journal" declare : Samsung's Galaxy S8 iris scanner fooled by a photograph

More about Samsung, galaxy s8, samsung galaxy, Smartphones, android Samsung galaxy s8 samsung galaxy Smartphones Android Mobile Security Cybersecurity Iris scanner biometric authentica... By By James Walker 2 hours ago in Technology Samsung's "ultrasecure" iris scanner on its Galaxy S8 smartphone has been fooled using a photograph and contact lens. The Galaxy S8 is one of the very first phones to include iris scanning technology. The "eye" is then presented to the Galaxy S8 which reportedly recognises it as the owner's original. This can be achieved The discovery raises further concerns around the actual integrity of biometric authentication mechanisms.


according to After that, a contact lens is placed on the printed photo, and the Galaxy S8 instantly recognizes it as being a "real" human eye and unlocks the phone. This suggests that the actual iris scan the phone is performing at a much shorter distance isn't necessarily identifying as many details as it likely could. Samsung's Galaxy S8 is a fantastic android phone by just about any measure, but if there's one area where the new flagship could use some serious work it's in the biometric department. All biometric unlock features, including fingerprints and the aforementioned facial recognition, have proved hackable in the past. What's particularly interesting is that the photo itself doesn't even have to be particularly high quality, and the image used in the demonstration was shot from several feet away.