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Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor hackedPublish Date: Apr 20, 2014 – New Vision

New Vision Galaxy S5 fingerprint sensor hackedPublish Date: Apr 20, 2014New VisionTHE fingerprint security on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 phone has been hacked by a German team, who warn that its implementation is less sec...
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Samsung Fingerprint Check ‘Flawed’ on Galaxy S5: Researchers – Newsmax.com

Samsung Fingerprint Check 'Flawed' on Galaxy S5: ResearchersNewsmax.com“While biometrics will always carry with them a tradeoff of security for convenience, it is the manufacturer's responsibility to implement the...
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Recalls this week: lanterns, exercise devices – CT Post

Recalls this week: lanterns, exercise devicesCT Post… the box, and two USB ports for charging devices. The "RF+Biometric" and "Premier" model boxes include a square fingerprint scanner below the RFID s...
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Will Obama mandate biometrics for new guns? – United Liberty

United Liberty Will Obama mandate biometrics for new guns?United LibertyWill you assure my constituents and me that, under your supervision, the Department of Justice will not issue regulations requiring law-abiding citizens to...
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Hands on with Ubuntu 14.04: The best Ubuntu desktop ever – ZDNet

Hands on with Ubuntu 14.04: The best Ubuntu desktop everZDNetHands on with Ubuntu 14.04: The best Ubuntu desktop ever · Windows XP: How end of support sparked one organization's shift from Microsoft · Galaxy S...
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This Week’s Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most Plausible – Wired

This Week's Apple Rumors, Ranked From Dumbest to Most PlausibleWiredThe second covers how fingerprint sensing could get even more secure through a “doodle mode.” Fingerprint sensing would take place on or underneath the...
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Is There a Future for Passwords? – Voice of America (blog)

Voice of America (blog) Is There a Future for Passwords?Voice of America (blog)Biometrics, by the way, can also be compromised, as demonstrated by a group of German hackers who hacked the fingerprint scanner on Samsung's Ga...
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Biometrics expert slams Apple and Samsung fingerprint scanners as unsecured … – BGR

Biometrics expert slams Apple and Samsung fingerprint scanners as unsecured …BGRIt's pretty safe to say that computer science Professor Willy Susilo won't be relying on a fingerprint scanner to keep his mobile pho...
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Time Warner Cable Upgrades Its Hotspots – IT Business Edge (blog)

Time Warner Cable Upgrades Its HotspotsIT Business Edge (blog)During a week in which there was a reminder that fingerprint-based biometric security is shaky, a student at Lund University in Sweden developed a security process b...
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