Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor hacked

[jonsie]

Well that didn't take long!

Guess it's indicative of the world we live that there are people determined to find flaws and faults in absolutely everything that is produced...and in people/celebs if it comes to that

Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor hacked

[Anonymous]

I recall when the iPhone 5s was released a group of geeks found a way of putting a finger print on some type of plastic from the original owner and then placed on the finger print sensor !

I'm waiting for any Galaxy 5S owners reporting back if it actually works as it should etc.

[Anonymous]

The scariest thing about this is that S5 users could easily have their PayPal accounts hacked into using this technique...even after the phone is restarted.

As Samsung allow its sensor to be used by third party apps, there is a real risk that someone could lose alot of money using this technology.

Apple at least limits access to its sensor to the Apple App Store, and requires the passcode to be entered after restarting the phone.

Its worth remembering though that this "hack" was produced by a security research firm who have all sorts of specialist tools at their disposal...and that as yet the hack probably isn't "in the wild".

[MI5]

All this of course is "IF" you have the fingerprint scanner enabled and "IF" you loose your phone and "IF" the person who finds you phone has access to your fingerprint and "IF" that person has the knowledge, skills, ability and equipment to make a latex print etc.....

[Anonymous]

An interesting link http://www.idownloadblog.com/2014/04/15/galaxy-s5-fingerprint-scanner-isnt-immune-can-also-be-hacked...

All if's I agree but if it can be done then someone will if the gains are high enough. 😞

[MI5]

Just more sensationalist hype - The iPhone scanner is no more secure and has been in the market for 6 months now - How many reports of it been hacked in the real world have we heard of??

[Anonymous]

Like the iPhone when security measures put in place have been hacked or circumvented it will hit the media and naturally set off alarm bells.

Ive not seen any reports in reference to the iPhone but that doesn't mean it has not happened.

One of my concerns was a person being mugged for their iPhone and the ordeal lengthened while they were made to unlock the phone via fingerprint and then made to turn it off.

As as I understand both phones don't actually store a finger print. It's some mathematical algorithm or similar which can be hacked.

[MI5]

So that's a "None" then bob ??

[Anonymous]

I said I haven't seen any MI5

That does not mean it's not happened. The worlds a big place.

[MI5]

I'm sure at least one of us on here would have seen it in the news if it had though.......