It's one of the worst-kept secrets in the phone industry: Samsung is hoping to eventually sell you a phone with a fingerprint sensor that lives underneath the screen.
But how? Well, a pair of reports out of China and Korea suggest that sucker might be ultrasonic -- firing high-frequency acoustic waves through the glass that capture your fingerprint without fear of being defeated by dirt or grease.
Might be fun to hack the sensor to do other things.
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(Score: 2) by Rosco P. Coltrane on Tuesday July 17 2018, @08:11PM (5 children)
Remember never to buy a Galaxy S10. If there's something I don't need, it's yet another device designed to capture personal information - or in this case, biometrics - to feed the capitalist surveillance machine.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @08:29PM (2 children)
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(Score: 2) by requerdanos on Tuesday July 17 2018, @08:38PM (1 child)
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(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @08:59PM
(Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Tuesday July 17 2018, @10:43PM (1 child)
Or maybe - just maybe - it's because they can't cater solely to your whims, but have to design a device that will appeal to as broad a spectrum of people as possible?
I never use Bluetooth, but I can't find a phone without it...
systemd is Roko's Basilisk
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday July 18 2018, @12:22AM
There you have it [ebay.com] - only $25 and is all yours (grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday July 17 2018, @09:01PM
Vivo Beats Other Smartphone Brands to First "In-Screen Fingerprint Sensor" [soylentnews.org]
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @10:07PM (2 children)
... when they learn their new Galaxy phone is emitting ultrasonic radiation?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday July 17 2018, @10:28PM
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(Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Wednesday July 18 2018, @12:42AM
They'll think that Universe may be electric, but the Galaxy is ultrasonic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1) by progo on Tuesday July 17 2018, @11:00PM
> Might be fun to hack the sensor to do other things.
I'm sure Facebook is already on it
(Score: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Wednesday July 18 2018, @01:46AM
Do not galaxies usually have a NGC number? Is not S10 a small Chevy pick'emup truck? Is this an Arp galaxy?
(Score: 4, Funny) by hemocyanin on Wednesday July 18 2018, @03:08AM (2 children)
Now I'll have to put tape over the entire screen to defeat print readers -- makes the thing pretty darn useless and might not even be effective.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 18 2018, @12:49PM
OMG! If that's what it takes to stop it from scanning my fingerprints well gosh darn I'll do that too
umm
no
fork it
use something else
wait
can you get the battery out of this one when it dies?
(Score: 2) by Phoenix666 on Wednesday July 18 2018, @04:07PM
Nah you're thinking about it all wrong. Use the sensor to send them an ultrasonic image of your butt.
Washington DC delenda est.