Collaborate Disseminate
There’s a risk that someone might get hold of a device and unlock it by holding the screen to the face of its sleeping or unconscious owner. Continue reading Don’t look now, but Pixel 4’s Face Unlock works with eyes closed
The fingerprint reader on Samsung’s flagship S10 and Note10 smartphones can be spoofed with a $3 screen protector. Continue reading Samsung Galaxy S10 fingerprint reader beaten by $3 gel protector
Samsung phones with in-screen fingerprint readers will unlock using anybody’s finger. All you need do is add a screen protector.
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Tech giants Samsung and Google are grappling with separate flaws in the biometric technology the companies give users to secure their mobile phones. Samsung said Thursday that it was working on a patch for an issue discovered by a British couple that allows any fingerprint to unlock a Galaxy S10 or Note 10 phone with a certain screen protector on it. After buying a screen protector for her Galaxy S10, Lisa Neilson found both her thumbprints could unlock the phone, as could those of her husband and sister, according to The Sun newspaper. “We are investigating this issue and will be deploying a software patch soon,” a Samsung spokesperson told CyberScoop. “We encourage any customers with questions or who need support downloading the latest software to contact us directly at 1-800-SAMSUNG.” Google, meanwhile, has acknowledged to the BBC that the facial recognition system used on its Pixel 4 phone will […]
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A U.K. woman alleged that her husband was able to bypass her Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone’s fingerprint reader when the phone was encased by a third-party screen protector. Continue reading Galaxy S10 Fingerprint Sensor Thwarted With Screen Protector: Report
The bill was introduced by Phil Ting: one of 26 state lawmakers misidentified as suspects in an ACLU test of the technology. Continue reading California outlaws facial recognition in police bodycams
It’s coming next month, in spite of a lawsuit and the data regulator’s protests about lack of consent, data security and privacy. Continue reading Nationwide facial recognition ID program underway in France
When it comes to safes, mechanical design and physical layout are just as important as the electronic bits. If care isn’t taken, one element can undermine the other. That appears to be the case with this Amazon Basics branded biometric pistol safe. Because of the mechanical design, the fingerprint sensor …read more
Continue reading Pistol Safe’s Poor Design Means Biometric Sensor Bypassed in Seconds
Vimeo is under fire for allegedly collecting and storing users’ facial biometrics in videos and photos without their consent or knowledge. Continue reading Vimeo Slapped With Lawsuit Over Biometrics Privacy Policy
The suit was filed under BIPA, the Illinois law that requires written consent to grab people’s faceprints – the same law Facebook’s battling. Continue reading Vimeo sued for storing faceprints of people without their say-so