TheCalifornia-baseddeveloperoftouchdevices,Synaptics'unveiledonTuesdaytheworld'sfirstopticalin-displayfingerprintsensorstobeusedunderasmartphonedisplay,clearing
WhenSamsungreleaseditsGalaxyS8smartphoneearlierthisyear,itdidsowithanunfortunatedesignchoice:thefingerprintscannerwasplacedontheback,rightnexttothephone’scamera
Rather than providing a safeguard, new voice-and fingerprint-recognition systems may actually help hackers to raid people's bank accounts. Cheng Yingqi reports.
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