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Last week a video claiming that the Note 8's Facial Recognition can be fooled with a picture started making the rounds on twitter. So far the video tweet has nearly 4,000 retweets. The guy in the video uses a photo to unlock a Note 8 on display in what looks like a big box store, possibly Best Buy. It turns out devices on Display at retailers are put into a specific retail mode which allows for easy demo of features. It is designed to prevent people from maliciously locking the device with their own fingerprint or face making the demo unit unusable for other shoppers.
The guys over at SamMobile tried replicating all steps outlined in the twitter video and could not get the Note 8 to unlock with a photo. The Note 8 displays an alert saying a face can't be detected. For now it seems the Note 8 can't be tricked with a photo.
via SamMobile