• Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary menu
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • Our Services
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletter
  • Top Nav Social Icons

Mobile ID World

Mobile ID World

Identification Revolution

  • Mobile ID
    • What Is Mobile ID?
    • Identity Associations
    • Premier Partners
    • FAQ
  • News
  • Solutions
    • Behavioral
    • Facial Recognition
    • Fingerprint Biometrics
    • Iris Biometrics
    • Second Factor
    • Smart Cards
    • Smartphones
    • Vital
    • Voice
    • Wearable Tech
    • Other
  • Applications
    • Access Control
    • Cloud Technology
    • Commerce
    • Enterprise
    • Healthcare
    • Identification
    • Internet of Things
    • Law Enforcement
    • Strong Online Authentication
  • Exclusive
    • Interviews
    • Featured Articles
    • Podcasts
  • Companies
  • Events

Samsung Advises Users to Stop Using Screen Covers Until Fingerprint Software is Updated

October 21, 2019

Samsung Advises Users to Stop Using Screen Covers Until Fingerprint Software is Updated

Samsung has issued an official statement addressing the recently discovered security flaw of its Galaxy S10 and Note10 fingerprint scanning systems, advising users of these devices (and their counterparts, the Note10+, S10+, and S10 5G) to avoid the use of protective cases until Samsung has issued a software security patch. The software update could arrive this week, the company said.

The security issue concerns the Samsung devices’ in-display fingerprint scanning systems and the use of “certain silicone screen protecting cases”, as Samsung put it. Reports emerged earlier this month of unauthorized users accessing devices protected by these cases through a fingerprint scan, essentially rendering the biometric security useless.

Samsung says that the error stems from the fingerprint scanning system “recognizing 3-dimensional patterns” that appear on these screen covers; and it advises users to delete all of their fingerprint data from their devices, and to register their fingerprints again once the new software patch has been released. And it’s asking users to be thorough about it, advising in its statement, “please be sure to scan your fingerprint in its entirety, so that all portions of your fingerprint, including the center and corners have been fully scanned.”

The fiasco could have an impact on consumer perceptions about in-display fingerprint scanning, which multiple smartphone brands have embraced over the past year as a means of signalling their devices’ technological sophistication. Meanwhile, the other popular biometric modality on smartphones, facial recognition, continues to become a more prominent security component on premium smartphones, though it has its own technical issues, as evidenced in the recent concern over the Pixel 4’s lack of any kind of ‘attention aware’ feature.

Filed Under: Industry News Tagged With: Biometric, biometrics, Fingerprint biometrics, fingerprint recognition, Galaxy S10, in display fingerprint scanning, in-display fingerprint sensors, mobile biometrics, Samsung, Samsung Note10, security issues

Related News & Articles

System Plus Consulting Deconstructs Fujitsu Iris Scanning Phone

Instagram Starts Using Selfie Videos to Catch Bots

Synaptics, Dialog End Acquisition Talks

Primary Sidebar

Register For the Next Virtual Identity Summit

Travel & Hospitality Biometrics Online Summit
Register now!

Tweets

Sponsored Links

FACEPHI is a global leader in Facial Recognition technology and in Mobile Biometrics technologies. With a strong concentration in the financial sector, FacePhi's product is rapidly becoming a service used by banks all over the world. Its implementation doesn’t just save money, it is also a way to attract clients and build loyalty, while increasing the security of transactions for both the customer and the business. To learn more about FacePhi, visit https://www.facephi.com/en/

Recent Posts

  • Open Identity Exchange Welcomes TECH5 as Newest Member
  • Four UK MNOs Join Tru.ID’s SIM Authentication Service
  • Engineering VP’s Appointment May Point to NECAM’s Digital ID Ambitions
  • Foundation for Advancing Security Talent to Study Industry’s Hiring Practices
  • Selfie Onboarding Specialist Names New CFO

Footer

  • About Us
  • Company Directory
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Archives
  • CCPA: Do not sell my personal info.

Follow Us

Copyright © 2022 MobileIDWorld