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Breaking Laptop Fingerprint Sensors

published on 2023-11-29 12:09:48 UTC by Bruce Schneier
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They’re not that good:

Security researchers Jesse D’Aguanno and Timo Teräs write that, with varying degrees of reverse-engineering and using some external hardware, they were able to fool the Goodix fingerprint sensor in a Dell Inspiron 15, the Synaptic sensor in a Lenovo ThinkPad T14, and the ELAN sensor in one of Microsoft’s own Surface Pro Type Covers. These are just three laptop models from the wide universe of PCs, but one of these three companies usually does make the fingerprint sensor in every laptop we’ve reviewed in the last few years. It’s likely that most Windows PCs with fingerprint readers will be vulnerable to similar exploits.

Details.

Article: Breaking Laptop Fingerprint Sensors - published 7 months ago.

https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2023/11/breaking-laptop-fingerprint-sensors.html   
Published: 2023 11 29 12:09:48
Received: 2023 11 29 12:22:55
Feed: Schneier on Security
Source: Schneier on Security
Category: Cyber Security
Topic: Cyber Security
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