Samsung confirms fatal camera flaw on 'limited number' of Galaxy S5 smartphones

ronjor · Apr 25, 2014

By Chris Welch

The Samsung Galaxy S5's 16-megapixel camera is one of its best assets, but it's also turned into something of a liability for the company just weeks after launch. Complaints across internet forums have documented a major flaw with the camera on some devices — particularly the Verizon Wireless model — that renders the shooter useless
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http://www.theverge.com/2014/4/25/5653192/samsung-confirms-fatal-galaxy-s5-camera-problem

siljaline · Apr 25, 2014

Samsung Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner hacked by print spoofing

A YouTube video was released yesterday showing just how easy it is to trick the Galaxy S5’s fingerprint sensor by using a fake fingerprint, allowing hackers to unlock the handset or authorize purchases through PayPal.
Researchers were able to “hack” the Galaxy S5’s sensor by finding and photographing a latent fingerprint on the smartphone’s display. From there, a wood glue mold was made of the fingerprint, and the researchers were able to successfully unlock the handset. What’s more ominous, though, is that this is also a method of accessing PayPal with the Galaxy S5. In the wrong hands, a hacker could easily send funds to his or her own account with little effort. [...]
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http://www.greenbot.com/article/214...erprint-scanner-hacked-by-print-spoofing.html

siljaline · Apr 25, 2014

Shocker! Nobody uses Samsung bloatware

If you used a Samsung app recently it was possibly a mis-click, according to a Strategy Analytics survey of 250-plus Galaxy S3 and S4 users. While Samsung recently trumpeted 100 million users for ChatOn, for instance, the report said US users spent a mere six seconds per month on the app, compared to, say, 151 minutes on Instagram. The rest of the suite fared little better, with users spending no more than seven minutes per month on all its apps combined. By contrast, users stayed on Facebook for 11 hours and Google's three most popular apps for 150 minutes on average. If accurate, that would be a stinging rebuke, given that Samsung's apps are pre-installed on most of its devices and can't be removed easily -- unless, ironically, you're in its home country.
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http://www.engadget.com/2014/04/23/shocker-nobody-uses-samsung-bloatware/

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