New Study Exposes Vulnerability of Smartphone’s Fingerprint Scanner

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One of the prime reasons why phone users prefer fingerprint scanner-enabled smartphones is because of the sense of privacy and security that it offers. Or so we thought … The new findings have been released by Nasir Memon, a professor in the department of computer science and engineering at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering; Aditi Roy, a post-doctoral fellow at the same college; and Arun Ross, a professor in the department of computer science and engineering at Michigan State University.