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    News - Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor easily bypassed (video)

    Also Samsung expects the Galaxy S5 to outsell the S4 and it is currently on course to do so.
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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor easily bypassed (video)

    .50 Cal's slow mo shot on S5 is pure art.

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor easily bypassed (video)

    Releasing a 'flagship' phone in this day and age that can't withstand a .50 calibre round is just unacceptable.

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    Re: News - Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor easily bypassed (video)

    A YouTube video has been published showing the bypass of Samsung's biometric security measure using a fake fingerprint made from wood glue. It seems like Samsung has learnt nothing from Apple's pratfall.
    Apparently not - that's what happens when you let the marketing departments have an input into designing your product.
    However, according to PayPal's head of ecosystem security, Brett McDowell, in an interview with the WSJ, the sensor deception is "not something you can do on any number of devices." McDowell added "This is not like a massive phishing scam where you can get million of passwords quickly. This is limited to one device, one victim at a time."
    What a dead hick! If I'm reading the situation correctly, some miscreant can still steal your phone, clone that fingerprint and then perhaps go on a PayPal spending spree (I'm assuming that this kind of lax attitude of PayPal's means that it also doesn't auto lock - I refuse to use PayPal on my phone so I'm guessing here).

    Then again, I'd always prefer passcode to fingerprint swipe for security.

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