Ice Cream Sandwich Face Unlock tricked by a photo

Presenting an all new set of security-related difficulties, the recently announced and soon-to-be released Samsung Galaxy Nexus, rocking the freshest Android version (Ice Cream Sandwich), has faced both positive and skeptical opinions on the all new way of unlocking your phone called Face Unlock.  But now we can confirm that yes, you can trick it with a photo of the phone owner's face, as you can see from the video below.

What's funny to note is that Google denied this, saying "give us some credit," but it turns out Face Unlock can be fooled by exactly what everyone shared skepticism about.  See the incriminating footage below, courtesy of soyacincautv.

Jason England

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