Google Pixel 6a security lapse? Users allege any fingerprint can unlock phone

It is unclear if a new update will resolve the issue or whether there is a deeper hardware problem on affected phones, the report said.

One person said the issue did not occur again after removing all saved fingerprints and re-adding them. Pic: Reuters/ Representational image

As the new Google Pixel 6a is now available more widely, some users have noticed that any fingerprint is able to unlock their new phones in a rather worrying security lapse by the tech giant.

According to 9To5Google, last week, two reports emerged about the Pixel 6a's under-display fingerprint sensor (UDFPS) allowing anybody to unlock it. This includes people that did not register their fingerprints ahead of time.

Now there are, so far, six additional reports of this occurring. They range from being able to unlock with a different finger that was not registered to being able to unlock another person's Pixel 6a, the report said.