Researchers Fool Smartphone Fingerprint Sensors Using Inkjet Printer.

Researchers, Kai Cao and Anil K. Jain at Michigan State University have found a way to unlock a smartphone protected by a fingerprint, by using an inkjet printer. They used a special conductive ink and paper made by a company called AgIC. To unlock the smartphone the fingerprint of the user has to be scanned at a resolution of 300dpi or higher. Before printing, the image of the scanned fingerprint needs to be reversed.

The researchers used Samsung Galaxy S6 and Huawei Honor 7 smartphones for testing, and managed to unlock both of them by using this technique. As per statement of Kai Cao and Anil Jain, "Honor 7 was slightly more difficult to hack than the Galaxy S6". 

How these reseachers managed to fool smartphone fingerprint? Watch in this video.

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Here Comes A Big Nexus, A Small Nexus And A Laptablet from Google !

Google launched new devices on 29th Sept event. A Huawei Nexus 6P, LG Nexus 5X, A Pixel C and new Chrome-cast devices.

With unique metal body design yet light weight, massive specifications, good camera, Google's new fingerprint sensor, great display, Android 6.0 Marshmallow, turbo charging, USB type-C and much more. Both these Nexus devices are ready to rock the market.

First, the higher-end Nexus 6P have 5.7-inch quad-HD display with ~518-ppi and Gorilla Glass 4 protection. Camera is 12.3 Mega-pixel with Laser-auto focus and Dual-LED flash. Secondary camera is 8 Mega-pixel, Camera supports 4K video recording. 6P is running on quad core Snapdragon 810 chip-set with Adreno 430 GPU. This device have 3GB RAM with 32/64/128 GB storage options without expandable memory card slot. Google claims best in class battery back up with its 3450 mAH battery supporting turbo charging.

Second device is LG Nexus 5X successor of popular 2013 LG Nexus 5. The device have 5.2-inch display with ~424-ppi. The quad core Snapdragon 808 chip and Adreno 418 GPU makes this device super smooth. The device comes with 12.3 Mega-pixel camera with laser auto focus and front shooter comes with 5 Mega-pixels. 5X have 2GB RAM with 16/32 GB variants, but this device also do not have expandable memory card slot. The device is powered by 2700 mAH battery enough for a day's work.

The last device shown in the picture above is a Laptop? A tablet? May be a Laptablet. This device is an answer from Google to Apple's iPad Pro and Microsoft's Surface. It is also running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and comes with an optional magnetic Bluetooth keypad.

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