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45 min for hackers to brute-force fingerprint authentication of android devices
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RetiredGeek
AskWoody_MVPMay 23, 2023 at 3:32 pm #2561421Interesting as it may seem the phones tested were 3 Generations or more old, e.g. Galaxy S10+ which has been superseded by S20, S21, S22 (my phone) and S23. They were also testing against Android 11 vs 12 on newer devices. Finally, the hack requires access to the phone’s motherboard not an easy task on current phones.
Also my phone requires me to enter the password periodically and if turned off, which would be required to attach something to the motherboard, requires both the SIM Pin and Password to start it up.
I don’t think I’m too worried about this one, but as always YMMV!
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