Biometric seems to be a sure way of ensuring the safety of a smartphone by preventing unauthorized persons from accessing our data. However, in the case of Samsung Galaxy S10 biometrics is fiction.

According to BBC, everyone is able to unlock the phone, there is only one required condition, smartphone must have a screen protector or a piece of transparent plastic applied on the screen.

The vulnerability was discovered by a British woman that noticed she could unlock her husband’s phone after covering it with foil. The incident was reported to Samsung, which replied that they would take a look at the matter, and at the moment recommends using authorized accessories designed for use with Samsung products.

According to Niebezpiecznik, citing Ars Technica, Samsung may have known about the vulnerability due to the fact that the original covers had a cutout for the fingerprint reader. Despite the fact that the vulnerability was officially confirmed by Samsung, readers of Niebezpiecznik that own S10 units did not confirm it, and therefore the portal has decided to conduct its own tests with various screen protectors.