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Now, face-based unlocking is the name of the game, and everyone’s trying to implement it. As some Galaxy S10 buyers are learning, though, not every Face Unlock feature is as equally secure.
You can fool the Galaxy S10’s face unlock system by putting up a picture or video of your face in front of its camera. Oh, and someone that looks like you can unlock the phone, as well.
So while it may seem that using your face as the most secure way to lock and unlock your phone may be a pretty bad idea when you think about it, at least when it comes to the new Samsung Galaxy S10.
Part of the reason face unlock is not as secure as Apple 's Face ID is the fact that Samsung doesn't do any 3D face mapping - a key part of making sure the person the phone is looking at is the ...
A major security flaw on the Samsung Galaxy S10 recently came to light when a British user, Lisa Neilson, discovered that her phone could be unlocked with unregistered fingerprints. This happened ...
The Samsung Galaxy S10’s face unlock has apparently been defeated by photos and video clips. A prominent developer even reported that she was able to unlock her brother’s Galaxy S10. You ...
While its removal makes the “naked” face unlock offered by the Galaxy S10 even less secure in theory, Samsung’s biometric authentication never truly worked in a consistent manner.
Samsung's new phones -- the Galaxy S10, S10 Plus, and S10e -- all come with basic face unlocking capabilities. But it's nowhere near as secure as Apple's Face ID. Here's how to make it just a bit ...
Samsung has reportedly said it will roll out a security update to fix a major vulnerability that let unregistered fingerprints unlock the firm's flagship Galaxy S10 as claimed by a British user ...
The bug certainly has the potential to be disastrous for an owner who has had their S10 stolen. It's a shame, too, considering the biometric reader is among the most useful features of the latest ...
Samsung has acknowledged the existence of a security flaw on the Galaxy S10 which allows any fingerprint to unlock the phone. The company also promised to push a software patch that would fix the ...