Steve Kodachrome reporting:

“Facial recognition is a convenient action to open your phone – similar to the ‘swipe to unlock’ action,” the spokesperson said. “We offer the highest level of biometric authentication – fingerprint and iris – to lock your phone and authenticate access to Samsung Pay or Secure Folder.”

“We know it sounds like it would be secure, but really we just want to save you from swiping…” Shakes heads and walks off.