Sen. Franken more concerned about Galaxy S5’s fingerprint scanner than Apple’s Touch ID

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U.S. Senator Al Franken, Chairman of the Senate’s Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, has questions about the fingerprint scanner and its functionality in the newly launched Galaxy S5. On Tuesday, he sent Samsung a letter asking for answers on how the technology is supposed to work, and how Samsung is guarding the privacy of Galaxy S5 buyers using it.

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