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RSS FeedsDreaming of persistent, ambient authentication... for iPhone 11
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27 april 2017 15:15:20

 
Dreaming of persistent, ambient authentication... for iPhone 11
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People don`t want Touch ID on the front of iPhone — they want ambient, persistent authentication everywhere. Now that it seems likely that Apple will ship an iPhone with an `edge-to-edge` display — as I predicted back in January of 2015 — we`re already seeing preemptive controversy over what that means for Touch ID, Apple`s fingerprint authentication system. The hope is to have it on the front, where it`s always been, albeit slipped elegantly beneath the display. The reality, though, might mean moving it to the back, where it can keep its current, hyper-reliable, implementation. The arguments are over the relative convenience of hitting the sensor as your phone lies flat on a table or in a charger vs. hitting it as you slide your phone from your pocket or bag. But is either really an argument for Touch ID convenience or an argument that we need even more convenient authentication than Touch ID? Touch ID, especially with Apple`s second-generation sensor and the ch...


 
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