Samsung says it will issue a patch for a fingerprint recognition bug on its Galaxy S10 phone that allowed any fingerprint to unlock the phone
SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Thursday it will soon roll out a software patch to fix problems with fingerprint recognition on its flagship Galaxy S10 smartphone.
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Discussion
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@stevekovach
Steve Kovach
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Samsung fingerprint sensor flaw is really bad. Especially because of Samsung Pay. If it's a software fix, fine. But if it's a hardware issue there might have to be a recall. https://www.cnbc.com/...
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@bluewall
@bluewall
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What is really surprising is that a screen protector triggers a false positive and not a false negative ?!?! https://twitter.com/...
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@swiftonsecurity
@swiftonsecurity
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Apple really does treat biometrics as a trustworthy computing layer, whereas other companies in the mobile space reliably treat biometrics as proof-of-concept sales pitches for their whitelabel component business. https://twitter.com/...
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@zackwhittaker
Zack Whittaker
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Filed under “you had one job.” https://www.bbc.com/...
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@reneritchie
Rene Ritchie
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If we've learned anything over the last couple of days it's that good biometrics take a lot of consideration. https://www.bbc.co.uk/... https://twitter.com/...