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Unlock your Windows 10 PC with Samsung smartphone fingerprint sensor

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 07/06/2017 08:01 AM | source: | 18 comment(s)
Unlock your Windows 10 PC with Samsung smartphone fingerprint sensor

In an update of its Flow app, Samsung now brings your smartphone fingerprint scanner closer to Windows 10 as Windows 10 computers can from now on be unlocked with the fingerprint sensor of Samsung smartphones. 

The new option can be used by installing the Samsung Flow app from the Play Store on the phone and and then use the same app from the Windows Store on Windows 10. You then pair devices through Bluetooth.

  •  Samsung Flow app from the Play Store
  •  WSamsung Flow app from the Windows Store 

Once connected it’s possible to login to Windows 10 with the fingerprint sensor of the Samsung phone. Please take note that the Creators Update of Windows 10 needs to be installed and the Galaxy smartphone needs Android 6.0 or higher. it might be handy for those that might forget a password.

There's another feature to be found herehere, it’s also possible to receive smartphone notifications on the PC and transfer files between the devices with the Samsung Flow app.



Unlock your Windows 10 PC with Samsung smartphone fingerprint sensor




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Yogi
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#5449923 Posted on: 07/06/2017 09:21 AM
Maybe I spent to much time as a kid watching Terminator, Johnny Mnemonic and BSG, or maybe I'm just a paranoid neanderthal but all this linking of devices and interconnectivity gives me the goosebumps and seems ultimately like a bad idea.

The Laughing Ma
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#5450057 Posted on: 07/06/2017 05:26 PM
The same fingerprint scanner that works for around three weeks after calibration then decides that its had enough of being a fingerprint scanner and you have to go back to using the screen wipe unlock, until you can be bothered recalibrating it again?

Unlock my PC with THAT feature.... uh yeah but no!

WhiteLightning
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#5450059 Posted on: 07/06/2017 05:31 PM
i hope you sent it back in for repairs, its not normal behaviour.

Solfaur
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#5450068 Posted on: 07/06/2017 05:53 PM
Maybe I spent to much time as a kid watching Terminator, Johnny Mnemonic and BSG, or maybe I'm just a paranoid neanderthal but all this linking of devices and interconnectivity gives me the goosebumps and seems ultimately like a bad idea.


I know the feeling man. Thing is, though fiction at the time, it was still science fiction and I'm sure that sooner or later super advanced tech and AI will become a big problem. It's just a matter of time really (granted, it might take a while but still :P).

Redemption80
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#5450080 Posted on: 07/06/2017 06:28 PM
Yeah, I've had my S7 since pretty much launch and the only time I had to recalibrate was when I wanted to add my left thumb.

It's not even in good condition anymore, after being dropped several hundred times the sensor is quite marked up and still works.

The only time it doesn't is when it's covered in water, so this could be a handy feature if i ever go back to having my PC locked at any stage.

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