PA Images via Getty ImagesThree days after Samsung confirmed an issue with the innovative in-display fingerprint reader on its S10 and a Note 10 smartphones, the company has issued an even more serious warning for millions of users. The issue relates to the use of gel covers which seem to enable any fingerprint to unlock the devices. Samsung had already said it was "aware of the case of the malfunctioning fingerprint recognition and will soon issue a software patch." And there’s an update here also: Samsung has promised that software update will be available during the week of 21 October. The serious issue first came to light when a U.K. user found that a $3 gel cover would remove any security from her S10.

Source: Forbes October 20, 2019 09:22 UTC