Samsung S8 facial recognition feature fooled by photo, tester says

Samsung's new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8, was unveiled this week with one particularly cool feature. It will unlock by simply identifying your face with its front camera. But now it seems that a mere photo of you will do the honors. The South Korean electronics giant did not comment specifically on the fact that its new product could be fooled, but stressed in a company statement that important payment and other data remains locked behind security layers that are more robust, such as iris and fingerprint authentication. "It is important to reiterate that facial recognition, while convenient, can be only used for opening your Galaxy S8 or S8 and currently cannot be used to authenticate access to Samsung Pay or Secure Folder," Samsung said.