Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Facial Recognition Can Reportedly Be Fooled by a Photo

BY AOMAR MEZINE MANAGER OF INFO -TECH MZ

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The Samsung Galaxy S8 was reported to have the same issue

A developer posted a video showing the feature being bypassed

He claims to have used several photos to the same effect

South Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung may have another publicity nightmare on its hands. Following the controversy of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 and its exploding batteries, and reports that the Samsung Galaxy S8's facial recognition feature can be fooled with just a photo, now, a new report indicates that the Samsung Galaxy Note 8's facial recognition also falls prey to the same photo prank.

According to developer Mel Tajon, during his time playing around with a Samsung Galaxy Note 8 demo unit at Best Buy, he was able to fool the facial recognition feature with a photo displayed on another smartphone. He claims to have repeated the process again with several Facebook profile pictures and Instagram selfie pics from his iPhone, still managing to unlock the Galaxy Note 8.