Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone fingerprint sensor hacked
The fingerprint security on Samsung's flagship Galaxy S5 phone has been hacked by a German team, who warn that its implementation is less secure - and its consequences potentially much worse - than on Apple's iPhone 5S.
Security Research Labs, based in Berlin, posted a YouTube clip(included below) showing how they had used a rubber mould incorporating a high-resolution image of a fingerprint lifted from a smartphone screen. The same print and mould that was used to spoof the iPhone 5S's fingerprint sensor was used to fool Samsung's.
But the researchers pointed to what they said are "additional concerns" about Samsung's security system compared with the iPhone's, because a would-be hacker can make an unlimited number of attempts at spoofing the fingerprint, and because it can be linked to payment systems such as PayPal - which could then be used to wire money to the attacker's account.
i think what iphone did to samsung was quite humerus , because as we all know androids usually try and copy iphone apps to make their brand better, i believe it was an intelligent way to trick the other android phones and hopefully andriod phones will try and be more original from now on
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