U.S. Senator Al Franken, Chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, has questions about the fingerprint scanner and its functionality in the newly launched Galaxy S5. On Tuesday, he sent Samsung a letter asking for answers on how the technology is supposed to work, and how Samsung is guarding the privacy of Galaxy S5 buyers using it. Franken has sent the letter after finding out that the Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner can easily be hacked with dummy fingerprints picked up from the phone’s screen, just like the iPhone 5s’s Touch ID sensor – Franken also contacted Apple on the matter asking similar questions about its own fingerprint reading tech. However, Franken says that the Galaxy S5’s implementation
Sen. Franken more concerned about Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner than Apple’s Touch ID
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