Smartphone Sensors Pose a Serious Security Risk

Smartphones are equipped with a plethora of sensors, each capable of giving up your personal information.


As more people look for ways to protect their smartphones from hackers and criminals, we look for additional means beyond typing in a PIN. A popular method now is fingerprint analysis, where users can place a finger on their phone to unlock it or to make a purchase. And as crime shows and police officers have told us for decades, every fingerprint is completely unique and is an absolutely certain method to identify different people.

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