Comment: Samsung’s easily-fooled face-recognition system shows sense in Apple’s ‘best not first’ approach<div class="feat-image">
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Update: While some suggested this might just be a demo mode thing, that approves anything vaguely resembling a face, <a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/samsung-note-8-fooled-face-unlock-not-secure/#ftag=CAD590a51e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNET[/url] confirmed on its review unit that the device is indeed fooled by photos.</p>
<p>We tried it on our own Note 8, and sure enough, it’s still possible to fool it with a flat photo. A Samsung rep tells CNET that the company’s guidance <span class="link">remains the same</span>: You’ll want to use the fingerprint sensor or iris scanner for security, and should view facial recognition as a convenient alternative to the simple swipe-to-unlock gesture.</p>
<p>While Apple’s detractors often criticise Apple for hyping features already seen in competitor devices, the Cupertino company doesn’t just follow the market. In particular, it tends to assess which features do and don’t make sense, and then aim to make the best possible version of the ones that do.</p>
<p>The sense of this approach appears to have again been illustrated by not just one but two Samsung devices …</p>
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Comment: Samsung’s easily-fooled face-recognition system shows sense in Apple’s ‘best not first’ approach
