A few days ago, The Sun reported a major flaw with the fingerprint recognition system of the Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy Note 10 that lets anyone unlock these devices. Samsung immediately made an investigation and found that if a user tries to register a fingerprint on these devices with a silicone screen protector applied, the device registers the texture on the inside of the screen protector as the fingerprint, instead of the actual fingerprint. And when anyone (whose fingerprint isn’t registered in the device) tries to unlock the smartphone, the device scans the inner texture of the screen protector and unlocks the device.
After Samsung’s investigation, the brand announced that it would soon send a software update to these devices to fix the issue. Well, that update is currently being rolled out to all the affected smartphones in Korea. Samsung is advising its users to delete previous fingerprints from their smartphones after updating the device. Unfortunately, the update for the fix is yet to reach devices in the markets outside Korea. I hope Samsung rolls out the update to other markets soon. If not, I am sure that the security issue will impact device sales.
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