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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Fingerprint Scanner feature of Samsung Galaxy S5 Hacked

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Fingerprint scanner  is one of the best features of the Samsung Galaxy S5. But unfortunate thing is that the feature seems to be hacked by hackers with wood glue and a latent print. One of the research of  Germany’s Security Research Labs (SRLabs) about Samsung Galaxy S5 says that  the help of fingerprint feature in Galaxy S5 to the thieves and hackers to steal user’s devices, data and even bank accounts. Germany’ Security research Labs previously also made and research and made  the same kind of conclusion in Apple iPhone 5s and Touch ID feature in it.  Researchers say that the scammers can proceed to user’s Paypal which supports fingerprint authentication on Galaxy S5.
SRLabs have said that Samsung shouldn’t have made this mistake after all seeing the mistakes of other companies. SRLabs is the only company that has claimed the fingerprint as the unsuitable features in different mobile phones. According to the company the fingerprint biometrics is unsuitable and the access control method should be removed as soon as possible. Not only SRLabs but a Germany’s Chaos Computer Club’s hacking team sucessfully unlocked iPhone 5S with using fake finger print. Lets have a look at the video demonstration.
The experts defines new Samsung Galaxy S5 by the word ‘evolution’. The thing special about Galaxy S5 is its camera. The evolution has made in camera and is now made in such a way that , it gives clearer and fast snaps. The health application is also in modified version than the version in Samsung Galaxy S4. Fingerprint scanner has made the phone more secured than other models of Samsung. The brighter screen and large screen which is 5.1 inches, the large battery and been fragrance to the phone. The battery life of the phone is also enhanced in the S5.

It has 2.5 GHz, quad-core CPU, with 2GB of RAM, a 2800mAh battery which is removable and 16 and 32 GB of internal memory. They memory can be extended upto 128 GB through the external microSD. 

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