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Smartphone Security Alert As Hackers Claim ‘Any’ Fingerprint Lock Broken In 20 Minutes

Posted on November 2, 2019November 2, 2019 By Davey Winder

Three audience members, three different smartphones, twenty minutes and just the one result: all fingerprint security broken, Chinese hackers claim

Owners of almost every Android smartphone and iPhones up to and including the iPhone 8 have a new security problem to worry about: Chinese hackers who have claimed to be able to beat any fingerprint scanner in just 20 minutes.

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