The security offered by Touch ID on mobile phones is only as good as the swiftness of the technology, a Michigan State University (MSU) report has found.

The research, which was led by Anil Jain and Kai Cao from the department of computer science and engineering at MSU, successfully demonstrated a technique that anyone could use to break into a cellphone by scanning a 300 dpi fingerprint printed on AgIC paper with conductive silver ink.

While the researchers used a Samsung Galaxy S6 and a Huawei Honor 7 mobile phone to demonstrate the technique, other techniques have earlier demonstrated the ability to bypass fingerprint security on an iPhone 5s, which first introduced fingerprint security into mainstream market.

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