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Apple Patent Details Method for Using Touch ID as Trackpad Controller for iPhone

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Apple has filed a massive patent with the WIPO that details how Touch ID might be used as a trackpad controller for handheld devices. Entitled, 'DEVICE, METHOD, AND GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MANIPULATING USER INTERFACES BASED ON FINGERPRINT SENSOR INPUTS' the patent outlines how the movement of a finger over the Touch ID fingerprint sensor could be used to trigger various … [Read more...] about Apple Patent Details Method for Using Touch ID as Trackpad Controller for iPhone

Alleged Photos of Gold iPad Mini With Touch ID

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Alleged photos of the iPad Mini in gold with a Touch ID fingerprint sensor have again leaked online. The authenticity of these photos is unclear. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently predicted that Apple would not release a gold or Touch ID iPad on October 22nd. "Fingerprint sensor and gold casing production capacity first allocated to iPhone 5s on tightness". … [Read more...] about Alleged Photos of Gold iPad Mini With Touch ID

AuthenTec Co-Founder Demos Prototype Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor

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AuthenTech co-founder, F. Scott Moody, gave a presentation of the origins of Apple's new Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor at North Carolina State University's Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering on Tuesday. AppleInsider was on hand for the presentation where Moody revealed that the first version of the sensor was called FingerLoc. The sensor came in a large box much … [Read more...] about AuthenTec Co-Founder Demos Prototype Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor

iPhone 5s Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor Fits Perfectly in the Leaked iPad 5 Front Panel

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A new video reveals that the iPhone 5s Touch ID fingerprint sensor fits the leaked iPad 5 front panel perfectly. Unboxtherapy took apart their gold iPhone 5s to transplant the fingerprint sensor into the alleged iPad 5 front panel. It fit perfectly while an older home button did not. … [Read more...] about iPhone 5s Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor Fits Perfectly in the Leaked iPad 5 Front Panel

How Apple's Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor Was Circumvented

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Starbug of the 'Chaos Computer Club' has posted a video that demonstrates how he was able to bypass Apple's Touch ID fingerprint sensor using a fake finger. It "was way easier than expected," Starbug told ArsTechnica in an e-mail. "I thought it would take at least a week and some fancy chip/bus hacking." It didn't require either. … [Read more...] about How Apple's Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor Was Circumvented

Hackers Circumvent Apple's Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor Using a Printed Finger

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The Chaos Computer Club has successfully bypassed the biometric security of the Apple Touch ID fingerprint sensor using a photograph of a fingerprint to create a fake finger. According to the hacking team, "fingerprint biometrics is unsuitable as access control method and should be avoided." … [Read more...] about Hackers Circumvent Apple's Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor Using a Printed Finger

About Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor Security on the iPhone 5s

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Apple has posted a help document outlining the security safeguards it takes for the new Touch ID fingerprint sensor on the iPhone 5s. Security safeguards Every fingerprint is unique, so it is rare that even a small section of two separate fingerprints are alike enough to register as a match for Touch ID. The probability of this happening is 1 in 50,000 for one enrolled finger. … [Read more...] about About Touch ID Fingerprint Sensor Security on the iPhone 5s