Samsung: Anyone's Thumbprint Can Unlock Galaxy S10 Phone
Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
The issue was spotted by a British woman whose husband was able to unlock her phone with his thumbprint just by adding a cheap screen protector.
When the S10 was launched, in March, Samsung described the fingerprint authentication system as "revolutionary".
The scanner sends ultrasounds to detect 3D ridges of fingerprints in order to recognise users.
Samsung said it was "aware of the case of S10's malfunctioning fingerprint recognition and will soon issue a software patch".
[...] After buying a 2.70 gel screen protector on eBay, Lisa Neilson found her left thumbprint, which was not registered, could unlock the phone.
She then asked her husband to try and both his thumbs also unlocked it.
And when the screen protector was added to another relative's phone, the same thing happened.
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