Samsung's Galaxy S8 iris recognition is easily fooled

Samsung has said the its Galaxy S8's iris scanning provides users with'airtight security', but researchers have demonstrated that it can be easily bypassed using a photograph and a contact lens. A new video has revealed that hackers can place a contact lens over a printed photo of the smartphone owner's eye to unlock the handset. Although Samsung has noted that'the patterns in your irises are unique to you and are virtually impossible to replicate' the makeshift eye is able to fool the technology - leaving many to wonder just how secure the technology really is. Samsung has said the its Galaxy S8's iris scanning provides users with'airtight security', but researchers have demonstrated that it can be easily bypassed using a photograph and a contact lens Using'a good digital with 200mm-lens' at about 16 feet (5m) from the phone owner, the team snapped the picture and then printed it out with a laser print that so was also manufactured by Samsung. But to make it look more realistic, the hackers thought of adding a contact lens on top of the print out – this'emulated the curvature of a real eye's surface'.