Your face may
be the next safe password
Apple Inc. is working on a feature
that will let you unlock your iPhone using your face instead of a fingerprint.
For
its redesigned iPhone, set to go on sale later this year, Apple is testing an
improved security system that allows users to log in, authenticate payments,
and launch secure apps by scanning their face, according to people familiar
with the product. This is powered by a new 3-D sensor, added the people, who
asked not to be identified discussing technology that's still in development.
The company is also testing eye-scanning to augment the system, one of the
people said.
The
sensor's speed and accuracy are focal points of accuracy are focal points of
the feature. It can scan a user's face and unlock the iPhone within a few
hundred milliseconds, the person said. It is designed to work even if the
device is laying flat on a table, rather than just close up to the face.The
feature is still being tested and may not appear with the new device. However,
the intent is for it to replace the Touch ID fingerprint scanner, according to
the person.
Apple
is not the first to use different forms of biometric authentication. In its
latest phones, Samsung included iris scanners that let users unlock their
phones and make payments by scanning their eyes. Samsung's feature launched to
poor reviews as users were able to trick the sensor with printed photo copies
of a person's eyes. Apple's sensor has 3-D depth perception, which means the
system is less likely to be duped by 2-D pictures.
Source | Times of India | 5 July
2017
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior Manager @
Knowledge Repository
Khaitan
& Co
Upcoming Lecture | ACTREC - BOSLA Annual lecture series (125th birth anniversary of father of library
science, Padmashree Dr. S. R. Ranganathan) on Saturday, 12th August 2017 at Advanced Centre for Treatment,
Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. (Theme | 'MakerSpace')
No comments:
Post a Comment