GettyOne of the big new feature announcements with the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S10 smartphone was the all new 'in-display' fingerprint scanner for the S10 and S10+ models. Now it appears that Samsung has just been proven wrong as a security researcher demonstrated how he fooled the fingerprint scanner with a 3D-printed copy. How does the ultrasonic fingerprint work? The difference with the ultrasonic fingerprint scanner in the Galaxy S10 and S10+ smartphones compared to the more traditional capacitive scanners is that it can capture a 3D image rather than a 2D one. In fact, even darkshark9 himself says that the ultrasonic fingerprint scanner of the S10 is probably safer than the optical or capacitive sensors of other smartphones.

Source: Forbes April 06, 2019 09:30 UTC