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Security Flaw In Phones Enables Fingerprint Harvesting, Researchers Say
- The Register, Monday, August 10, 2015 4:03 PM
Security researchers from FireEye say they have figured out how to harvest mobile users' fingerprints from biometric sensors found in phones like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One Max, the Register reports. The researchers said in a paper unveiled last week at Black Hat in Las Vegas that most manufacturers don't use Android's Trust Zone to protect biometric information.
