Android Fingerprints Can Be Stolen...Remotely!

SpamSandwich

LOL!

 

http://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-can-remotely-steal-fingerprints-from-android-phones/

 

Well, this certainly looks bad for the "biggest selling smartphone" on the planet.

gatorguy

SpamSandwich wrote: »

LOL!

http://www.zdnet.com/article/hackers-can-remotely-steal-fingerprints-from-android-phones/

Well, this certainly looks bad for the "biggest selling smartphone" on the planet.

Strange article as it talks in the present tense as tho it's an active issue. But buried in the middle it says "Affected vendors have since provided patches after being alerted by the researchers." So it was apparently already fixed??

crowley

Don't be silly.  Androids don't have fingerprints.