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Samsung faces questions as biometric Galaxy S8 log-in raises security and constitutional challenges

on Apr 6, 2017 | 0 comments

By John Glenday

Samsung’s headline grabbing move to employ facial recognition tech in its flagship Galaxy S8 smartphone has raised concerns in some quarters that the world may not be quite ready for the futuristic tool.

While security specialists have already pointed out that the phones scanner can be duped by a simple photograph to gain entry to someone else’s phone constitutional experts point out that while the US Fifth Amendment offers protections for passwords and codes no such protections are afforded to biometric security measures such as face scanning.

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Source: The Drum