Apple picker On Tuesday, Apple presented the expected iPhone 5S and in it a novelty that had been speculated for some time. Yes, it is the Touch ID fingerprint sensor located in the Home button. However, with new technology always come new questions and concerns, and these are subsequently answered and clarified. So let's take a look at what is already known about Touch ID.
The fingerprint sensor can work on different principles. The most common is an optical sensor, which records the image of the fingerprint using a digital camera. But this system can be easily fooled and is also more prone to errors and more frequent breakage. Apple therefore went a different way and for its novelty chose a technology called Capacitance Reader, which records a fingerprint based on skin conductivity. The upper layer of the skin (so-called dermis) is not conductive and only the layer below it is conductive, and the sensor thus creates an image of the fingerprint based on minute differences in the conductivity of the scanned finger.
But whatever the technology for fingerprint scanning, there are always two practical problems that even Apple can't quite deal with. The first is that the sensor does not work properly when the scanned finger is wet or the glass covering the sensor is fogged. However, the results may still be inaccurate, or the device may not work at all if the skin on the tops of the fingers is scarred as a result of an injury. Which brings us to the second problem and that is the fact that we don't even have to have our fingers forever and therefore the question is whether the iPhone owner will be able to go back from using fingerprints to entering a password. Crucially, however, the sensor captures fingerprints only from living tissues (which is also the reason why it doesn't understand scars on the skin) so you don't run the risk of someone cutting off your hand in the desire to access your data.
[do action=”citation”]You are not in danger of someone cutting off your hand in the desire to access your data.[/do]
Well, fingerprint thieves won't be out of date with the arrival of the new iPhone, but since we only have one fingerprint and can't change it as a password, there's a danger that once our fingerprint is misused, we'll never be able to use it again. Therefore, it is very important to ask how the image of our imprint is treated and how well it is protected.
The good news is that from the moment a finger is scanned by the sensor, the fingerprint image is not processed, but this image is converted into a so-called fingerprint template with the help of a mathematical algorithm, and the actual fingerprint image is not stored anywhere. For even greater peace of mind, it is good to know that even this fingerprint template is encoded with the help of an encryption algorithm into a hash, which must always be used for authorization through fingerprints.
So where will fingerprints replace passwords? It is assumed that wherever authorization is necessary on the iPhone, such as for example a purchase in the iTunes Store or access to iCloud. But since these services are also accessed through devices that do not (yet?) have a fingerprint sensor, Touch ID does not mean the end of all passwords in the iOS system.
However, fingerprint authorization also means doubling security, because wherever only a password or only a fingerprint is entered, there is a greater chance of breaking the security system. On the other hand, in the case of a combination of password and fingerprint, it is already possible to talk about really strong security.
Of course, Touch ID will also protect the iPhone from theft, as the new iPhone 5S will be unlocked instead of entering a password by removing a fingerprint much easier and faster. Not to mention, Apple mentioned that only half of users use a passcode to secure their iPhone, which is probably very simple in most cases.
We can therefore say that with the novelty in the form of Touch ID, Apple has raised the level of security and at the same time made it even more invisible. It can therefore be assumed that Apple will be followed by other manufacturers, and it can therefore only be a matter of time when we will be able to access such common things in our lives as WiFi, a payment card or a home alarm device through the fingerprints on our mobile devices.
In my opinion, it's a great thing and I'd take it in a moment :) Well, for now I'm staying with my 4S and we'll see what happens next.
Excellent headline! I was so afraid to ask that I decided to even read the article.
Never mind. Gather all the courage you have and maybe you will decide to do it. I had a good time with your comment.
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Great idea to collect fingerprints from all the people in the world. :-)
all fingerprints are already there (at least in the EU), when applying for a passport, we have to provide a fingerprint in addition to the signature. And what happens to them, no one knows.
Interestingly, until Apple arrived with the 5S, no one protested against the collection of fingerprints of EU citizens... :-/
No one has my fingerprint for sure yet, unless they took it from me, I don't know, e.g. from a package from a mountaineer. :D
However, it may not suit someone to stink at home in the countryside all their lives. I already gave fingerprints, eye scans and documents, not counting documents, because of travel. Just a blood and urine sample :)
Not only in the EU - those who traveled to the USA also gave their fingerprints. And I reckon that even within the USA you already collect them somehow.
It's one thing to give all the fingerprints of the US government, it's another to give them to the EU.
In any case, I don't steal and I don't break in, so I know worse things that can rob me (you have to learn :-) ).
Try checking the browser's communication with the Internet sometime... You will see that the fingerprint of Apple, or any company that uses it for user authentication, is really the smallest...
I agree, regardless of different biometric passports, etc.. this is just such a pearl ..
He's always very curious about yours :D
Do you think the new iPads will also have it?
I would really like it on the iPad, but Apple would have to add user profiles to iOS. Then the whole family could use the iPad and everyone would log in to their profile (own favorites, desktop, photos) with their fingerprint. It would be great.
will it only work on one finger? or more data will be scanned there (index finger + thumb + wife ;-) )
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The good thing is that "skoronikde" does not work with this print. It is the basis of.
Tedka, just to make sense, he wants to scan the whole family and grant those user honors. The problem is that Apple would rather sell 4 devices than sell 1 device with several accounts ;-).
profiles.. such rudeness :) for example, on xbox it makes playing quite unpleasant for me.. I want to insert a disc and play.. and not log into accounts and enter passwords.. I also want to pick up the phone and make calls and not log in on himself..
It is possible to automate logging into the XBOX profile, or simply not create profiles. It is therefore not necessary to turn on this function even on the phone.
I understand multiple accounts on a computer, for example, but would the whole family use one mobile phone? I can't imagine it well enough..
but I'm more interested in how reliable it is, I once had a fingerprint reader on a DELL XPS ntb and as far as I remember, usually one out of ten fingerprints was OK .. well, maybe it will be better .. I'm curious about the first reviews from practice ..
:)