“Looks like the rumors are true: iOS 7 beta 4 has leaked a new folder called ‘BiometricKitUI,'” Mark Gurman reports for 9to5Mac.
“Based on the description, sent to us by Hamza Sood, it seems pretty clear that Apple is preparing a new iPhone with a fingerprint sensor,” Gurman reports. “The interface is described [in the full article], pointing to a user being able to swipe the sensor on the iPhone’s home button.”
Gurman reports, “According to a source familiar with the development of the new iPhone, the user-interface for the fingerprint scanning system has been complete. This person also says that the technology is focused around unlocking the phone, so it is unclear if it is built for a payment system (as rumored) in the next iPhone. ”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
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Swipe ? Who wants a smeared fingerprint ?
That’s just 9to5’s sloppy reporting. The plist says “touching” not “swipe”.
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Photo of a person holding an iPhone with their left hand while touching the Home button with their thumb_;
Most of people do not care about passwords, so this feature may not be very important to the masses, but for myself, who always uses password protection, it would be TOTALLY AMAZING.
If you will add up all the time the likes of myself spending entering password, this innovation will save incredible amount of time.
Bradley Manning verdict Tuesday. Of course, guilty. I say execute the lib ass scum piece of shit. I’ll throw the switch, drop the platform on the noose, pull the lever for the gas pellet … fire the gun that has a real round. Pussies, stay outta the way.
Be quiet you fucking numpty!
Well said that man!
WTH does this topic have to do with Wikileaks?
It’s a good job you’re just an anonymous little twerp posting vitriol on a computing forum then isn’t it.
Wow! You should attend some anger management classes.
How’s life as a douchebag asshole treating ya?
Wow wouldn’t want to meet you on a dark night, ora bright day for that matter
Of all the crazy rumors – this one actually makes *some* sense (minus the swipe of course)
Slide your thumb over the home button to unlock your phone but still have a passcode as a backup.
Exposing my never fingerprinted thumb to the Internet is a non starter for me. There better be an alternative.
There’s Android.
Never been fingerprinted? That means you never signed a document in front of a notary, or purchased real estate, or done countless other routine topics for which a fingerprint is added security. Paranoid, are we?
Home owner and have signed many documents in front of a notary. Don’t own a gun or been arrested. Why would I give that info to the government?
I’ve purchased and sold multiple homes, in different states, and had countless documents notarized, but have never ever been finger printed. Just saying.
Weiner can send photos of his genitals over the internet and you’re worried about someone seeing your fingerprint? Oh, well.
The fingerprint would be local. As an unlock for the device. Apple does not want your fingerprint. They only want a local, phone level, secure ID of the user.
I think it is a great idea, but one that gives me pause. With all of the breaches occurring to “highly secured data” and currently, with finger prints being very effectively used largely by law enforcement, I wonder if the dirtbag thieves of society will figure out a way to screw up this hugely important database. If it is only locally used, then no, but I guarantee you that will be short lived and various apps will be using it and then, eventually, all our finger prints will be out there. Think how useless email is because of spam. Could this happen with finger prints?
I haven’t seen the framework yet, bug I suspect: a) Apple does not allow the developer to receive a digital image of the fingerprint; and, b) Apple really does not want to store fingerprints (and thus be a target of even more requests from law enforcement and intelligence agencies).
Wonder if the cheap iPhone will have this feature?
For sure not because is only a optional and more convenient way to unlock your phone instead of put in everytime the passcode.
But there is a high chance, that also apps may use this way of confirmation instead of a passcode.
This feature will end up being a huge gimmick and completely useless.
Like your posting name?
Not if it works well.
It will be indispensable as the next differentiator between great phones and cheap phones.
I wonder how many fingerprints it will allow you to use for access. I can see being in a position where sometimes I would likely use my right thumb, left thumb, right index, etc.