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Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone by andrew_ on Thursday October 17, 2019 @08:22AM (#21281221)
It should be noted that the S10E does not suffer from this flaw, as its thumbprint sensor is a hardware button on the side of the phone that doubles as the power button. Just picked one up a week ago and very pleased with it.
Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone by deaps on Thursday October 17, 2019 @09:59AM (#21282094)
Assuming the flaw hasn't been discovered because no one logically puts a protective cover over that button. What if you did place the same protective cover over that button and try? Could it be hijacked in that manner?
Re:Samsung: Anyone's thumbprint can unlock Galaxy S10 phone by Nyra on Thursday October 17, 2019 @02:33PM (#21285046)
The screen protector/case works on the S10 because (I'm assuming here) of some flaw with how the ultrasonic fingerprint reader reads the fingerprint, whereas the S10e uses a traditional capacitive scanner. Both are fundamentally different approaches to generating a copy of your fingerprint so I don't think it's likely this technique would work on the 10e.