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Fingerprint-Protected Phones Vulnerable To Inkjet Attack (softpedia.com)

Posted by timothy on from the ordinary-household-materials dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Two researchers have come up with a new method of hacking smartphones that use fingerprint biometrics to protect and lock the user's data. Their method only needs a regular inkjet printer, three AgIC silver conductive ink cartridges, a normal black ink cartridge, and special AgIC paper. The entire attack takes no more than 15 minutes. Current tests only included a Samsung Galaxy S6 and a Huawei Hornor 7. The researchers said that while the Samsung was easy to crack, the Huawei phone needed more tries.

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  1. Well, Duh... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    We keep seeing this over and over again with bio-metric "security". Bio-metrics are not passwords, and should never have been considered as passwords. Bio-metrics are USER ID's, nothing more. They only identify individual users, they do not authenticate them.

  2. Re:iPhone5S or GTFO by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If it had worked on an iPhone, the headline would've said "iPhone fingerprint sensor easily defeated with an inkjet printer". The Android phones wouldn't have been mentioned until page two or three of the article.

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