To: Swordmaker
My dumb phone is blissfully unaware of my prints. I do butt dial every once in a while. They’re in for a rude awakening if they steal that.
2 posted on
08/11/2015 9:06:46 PM PDT by
DannyTN
To: Swordmaker
HTC and fingerprints in the clear.
HRC and TS documents in the clear.
Coincidence? I don't think so. 😈
To: ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; Aliska; altair; ...
HOOOO, Boy! Android phones including HTC One Max and Samsung Galaxy S5 found keeping biometric fingerprint data in easily read clear .img files in an open "world readable" folder available to any app or or unprivileged process. "Even worse: kernel access permissions often only restrict to root privilege, not system, meaning modified or 'rooted' Android devices are at risk even if those protections are applied," the discovering researchers said. PING!

Android Fingerprint Security OOPS!
Ping!
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4 posted on
08/11/2015 9:10:54 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
( This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue...)
To: Swordmaker
So some unnamed government agency can harvest these and build a database of fingerprints to identify and track people. Plus, at least I would be surprised, turn on camera to snap a picture to go with it. Nice?
5 posted on
08/11/2015 9:12:05 PM PDT by
Reno89519
(American Lives Matter! US Citizen, Veteran, Conservative, Republican. I vote. Trump 2016.)
To: Swordmaker
So... a built in back door has been compromised ?
8 posted on
08/11/2015 9:13:00 PM PDT by
UCANSEE2
(Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
To: Swordmaker
I wondered about this crap back in the green-screen era. Unfortunately, my thoughts proved correct.
9 posted on
08/11/2015 9:41:03 PM PDT by
W.
(Get a rope. Now.)
To: Swordmaker
This was deliberate.
(Not even Kerry or Obama could be THAT stupid.)
Who was responsible for the design?
13 posted on
08/12/2015 3:55:22 AM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
To: Swordmaker
This was deliberate.
(Not even Kerry or Obama could be THAT stupid.)
Who was responsible for the design?
14 posted on
08/12/2015 3:57:12 AM PDT by
grey_whiskers
(The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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