Tuesday, 23 May 2017

Hacker beats Galaxy S8 iris scanner using an IR image and a contact lens

Based on name alone, the futuristic iris-scanning feature on the Galaxy S8 sounds like it would be the most secure way to lock your phone. Hacker Jan Krissler, who goes by the name Starbug, shows in a recent video that, despite the impressive technology in unlocking your phone with your eyes, the security system can be beaten with a relatively low-tech hack.

As the video shows, Starbug is able to take a infrared picture of a person’s face using the night mode setting on a regular point and shoot camera. Print it out on an ordinary laser printer and it fools the camera by placing a contact lens over the image to give it the appearance of an actual human eye. While it certainly is a little more effort than, say, circumventing the S8’s...

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from
https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2017/5/23/15680268/hacker-galaxy-s8-iris-scanner-ir-image-contact-lens-starbug

from
http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/05/hacker-beats-galaxy-s8-iris-scanner.html

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