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Samsung Galaxy S10’s In-Display Fingerprint Scanner Can Be Fooled

It seems like all the security measures (in-display fingerprint scanning, 3D face unlock, and more) in our smartphones are not as secure as we think. A new report suggests that Samsung’s recent flagship, the Galaxy S10 can be easily fooled by a fake fingerprint. A user (named Darkshark), via a post on Imgur.com, says that he […]

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DeepMasterPrints Developed To Access Smartphones Via Hacking

Researchers at New York University and Michigan State University have invented new artificial fingerprints, which they call DeepMasterPrints for hacking fingerprint sensor-enabled smartphones. According to a report by CNBC, the fake fingerprints, with the help of machine learning double as a ‘Masterkey’ to access one out of three smartphones which come with fingerprint scanners. The […]

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