Biometrics expert slams Apple and Samsung fingerprint scanners as unsecured ‘gimmicks’

[Guest Brad Reed]

It's pretty safe to say that computer science Professor Willy Susilo won't be relying on a fingerprint scanner to keep his mobile phone secure. In an interview with The Sydney Morning Herald, Susilo says that the fingerprint scanners used by Apple and Samsung are mere "gimmicks" that hackers can easily fool and that don't give users and real biometric security.

 

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