Apple’s Touch ID Technology Could be Used As ‘Panic Mode’
Apple took out a patent about an important detail of fingerprint technology which developed by the company. Apple products that use the Touch ID technology, can hold more than one fingerprint in memory.
Apple took out a patent about an important detail of fingerprint technology which developed by the company.Apple products that use the Touch ID technology, can hold more than one fingerprint in memory. At that point; Apple advised to users that with a certain finger, phone is introducing as a trigger to get into panic mode.
For example, users can introduce ring finger as the trigger panic mode on phone.When using the finger in an exceptional case the phone will automatically begin to take some precautions.After the moment of activating the panic mode phone; phone can take a picture at regular intervals automatically sent to iCloud, can be kept permanently open microphone, you can delete all documents in order to ensure personal safety or access can be restricted.
Not certain that this feature is used in the next iPhone.Samsung and Apple can take out patents often, to take an action before their competitors.And an important detail, as Apple’s newly developed 3D Touch technology can offer different features in this respect.
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Owen Castellanos
Owen Castellanos is the Hardware & Gaming Reporter at TrendinTech, where he tests graphics cards, processors, consoles and peripherals and follows the games industry, from the major publishers to independent studios. He previously wrote reviews and benchmarks for Tom's Hardware and contributed features to PC Gamer, covering everything from laptop testing to the economics of game development. Owen holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and attends CES in Las Vegas, Computex in Taipei and the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco each year to meet chipmakers and developers. He writes for readers who want to know whether a product is worth the money, and he is not shy about saying when it is not.
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