Security News > 2017 > May > It's Insanely Easy to Bypass Samsung Galaxy S8 Iris Scanner with a Photo (The Hackers News)

2017-05-24 00:34
Samsung recently launched its new flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, with both Facial and IRIS Recognition features, making it easier for users to unlock their smartphone and signing into websites. We already knew that the Galaxy S8's facial unlock feature could be easily fooled with just a simple photograph of the device owner, but now hackers have also discovered a
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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheHackersNews/~3/lwmDwRzXvYM/samsung-galaxy-s8-iris-scanner.html
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