Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone

Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone by GeekyBear on Thursday October 17, 2019 @06:33AM (#21280581)

This sentence from the NY Times review of the Galaxy Note 8 has always stuck with me.

>Some of the biometrics, including the ability to unlock your phone by scanning your face or irises, are so poorly executed that they feel like marketing gimmicks as opposed to actual security features.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/technology/personaltech/s...

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Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone by sundvor on Thursday October 17, 2019 @08:16AM (#21281180)

The face unlock from the S8 onwards had a huge disclaimer page you had to accept saying it was a convenience feature only, do not use if security is important.

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Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone by celeritascelery on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:46PM (#21285172)

And security should be important to everyone. So basically don’t use this feature.

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Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone by hanniabu on Thursday October 17, 2019 @09:20AM (#21281709)

Seems more like false advertising

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Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone by dawg- on Thursday October 17, 2019 @08:44AM (#21281408)

I set up the face unlock on my S9 and lasted about half a day before i was back to the fingerprint. Its just so much easier and more convenient in every way.

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