Researchers have reportedly discovered a new side-channel attack that can extract a person's fingerprints from the sounds made when a finger swipes across a touchscreen.
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Researchers outline the PrintListener side-channel attack, which is claimed to be the first to leverage swiping sounds to infer fingerprint information. They claim they can successfully attack up to 27.9% of partial fingerprints.