Comments on: Apple patent reveals biometric features for e-commerce and security for Macs, iOS devices http://macdailynews.com/2012/10/11/apple-patent-reveals-biometric-features-for-e-commerce-and-security-for-macs-ios-devices/ Apple and Mac News Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Derek Currie http://macdailynews.com/2012/10/11/apple-patent-reveals-biometric-features-for-e-commerce-and-security-for-macs-ios-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-1079093 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 07:42:11 +0000 http://macdailynews.com/?p=91842#comment-1079093 As I stated earlier: Passwords are not going away unless we move to reliable multi-factor authentication. Simply tossing passwords out and replacing it with something as meagre as fingerprint recognition is actually as step BACKWARDS. It’s far to easy to grab someone’s fingerprints and use them for security access. And you CAN’T change your fingerprint if yours get hacked. Fingerprints are ONLY useful as an ADDED layer of security, period.

As Agent Provocateur points out above, there was a big whopping security hole in the Windows implementation of Apple owned AuthenTec fingerprint recognition. No one has reported testing of the implementation on Mac that I know of. Meaning that as far as we know, the Mac version has its own problems.

But I must continue to applaud Apple for not taking NFC chips and RFC technology at hype value. They are insecure technologies at this point in their evolution and are not yet worthy of any Apple device. AKA: Not ready for prime time.

]]> By: Agent Provocateur http://macdailynews.com/2012/10/11/apple-patent-reveals-biometric-features-for-e-commerce-and-security-for-macs-ios-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-1077770 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:01:37 +0000 http://macdailynews.com/?p=91842#comment-1077770 BTW- AuthenTec patched the Windows security hole back in September.

http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/10/apple-subsidiary-authentec-patched-windows-software/

]]> By: Maria http://macdailynews.com/2012/10/11/apple-patent-reveals-biometric-features-for-e-commerce-and-security-for-macs-ios-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-1077561 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:47:30 +0000 http://macdailynews.com/?p=91842#comment-1077561 I’d prefer this over numeric passwords. The secondary idea for buying stuff could simply matters as well. Knowing Apple, they’ll make it really easy to use.

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