The South Korean company launched a patch a few hours ago to solve the serious security problem posed by the fingerprint sensor in its Galaxy S10 or Galaxy Note 10 when placing a screen protector of those simple and inexpensive that we find on the net or in any store . The main problem with these protectors placed by thousands of users is that it allowed any user to access the device through the fingerprint sensor built into the screen, a very serious problem that also the company itself confirmed a few days ago.
In this way, with a simple protector, users completely lost the security of the Samsung Galaxy, so This important failure required an immediate response from the company. In this case, a patch has already been launched with the solution to the problem in South Korea and it is expected to spread throughout the world in the next few hours.
Controversy with the on-screen fingerprint reader and its problems
Many users claimed to have this problem on their new Galaxy S10 and many others said they did not have the problem. Personally in our weekly podcast I commented that it was strange that this happened on a device that has been on the market for about a year, but when the firm itself admits the problem there is nothing more to talk about, the problem exists and it must be solved as soon as possible.
Specifically, and focusing on the problem, it is said that it does not affect all screen savers. The problem is reproduced with some screen protectors that use a special gel that makes the fingerprint sensor on the device screen not differentiate between the user's own fingerprint and that of another person, so the result was that it was unlocked without plus. As a result of the problem, some banks in our country announced measures in this regard and stopped supporting the devices, prohibiting the use of their applications to avoid problems for the owners. a drastic but necessary measure to keep data safe as important as those of our bank.
It is expected that this update is coming soon to all the company's models With this fingerprint sensor on the screen and throughout the world, for the moment it began in the country of origin of the firm.