Earlier this week, a Galaxy S10 user discovered that her husband was able to unlock her phone despite the fact that his fingerprint hadn’t been registered with the device. It turns out that the ultrasonic fingerprint sensor on the S10 can recognize the 3D patterns that appear on certain silicone screen protectors as fingerprints, which means that anyone can unlock the phone if the fingerprint was registered when the screen protector was on.
Once news of the issue began to spread, Samsung quickly notified the press that it was working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible, and on Friday, the South Korean company released a full statement.
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Samsung says it will fix its embarrassing Galaxy S10 fingerprint sensor flaw next week originally appeared on BGR.com on Fri, 18 Oct 2019 at 09:36:54 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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