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Smartphone industry commits to antitheft measures amid calls for ‘kill switch’

Samsung was one of the companies that signed on to the CTIA’s antitheft commitment. Sarah Tew/CNET The wireless industry committed to making a number of antitheft measures available for smartphones, a move that some regulators said fell short of fully protecting the devices and their owners. The CTIA trade group announced on Tuesday its “Smartphone Anti-Theft Voluntary Commitment” program. It …

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Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner thwarted by hack

Hacking into the Galaxy S5 using a phony fingerprint. SRLabs/YouTube; screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Samsung doesn’t provide adequate security protection with the fingerprint sensor on its new Galaxy S5 smartphone — at least that’s the contention of a group of researchers who were able to hack their way past the sensor. In a video of the hack, a researcher from …

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