The Samsung Galaxy S8 appeared the face recognition function with the help of a special camera on the front. It can be assumed that this measure will further strengthen the security of the phone, but she was completely useless, because its very easy to crack.
Unlock the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S8 configured for face recognition, you can use the most usual photo of its owner. Simply print it or even display another gadget to bring it to S8, and the lock is removed. As they say, it’s not a bug, it’s a feature, because the cell phone over 55 000 used standard two-dimensional face detection algorithm. It does not take into account the third dimension and can not calculate the depth of the image, so it can deceive. YouTube already has some videos, demonstrating such basic way of hacking Samsung Galaxy S8, so you can see for yourself.
Exactly how Samsung plans to fix this is still unknown — maybe in the first firmware update will be installed normal recognition algorithm. Fortunately, with the help of photos it is impossible to make a payment with your smartphone because this feature works only with fingerprint or iris. Samsung Galaxy S8 will go on sale in Russia for April 28 this year.
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