Google Pixel 8’s face unlock may have an odd security vulnerability, according to Reddit.
A user with the moniker MotorTransportation8 (h/t Android Authority) claimed that their brother was able to access their Pixel 8 Pro via face unlock with a 100 percent success rate. It’s a pithy post that doesn’t share any photos or videos for added context, but the poster insists that they both look “very different” and that it shouldn’t have happened.
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Of course, this is one unverified post on Reddit, so it should be taken with a grain of salt. Someone in the comments even mentioned running into a similar problem with an iPhone, so this may not even be a Google-specific concern. However, this alleged security flaw is noteworthy because Google specifically promised an upgraded face unlock when it announced the Pixel 8 phones earlier this month.
“Face Unlock on Pixel 8 now meets the strongest Android biometric class and can be used for banking app sign-in and payment apps like Google Wallet,” Google’s announcement blog post said.
So, if you have a Pixel 8 device, and you spend time near people with similar facial features, try using a different form of authentication.
