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Hope Apple doesn't try to own "fingerprint sensors in phones". Pretty sure the tech is up for grabs? I like my Galaxy S4, but I wouldn't mind easier phone unlo
by exodust 13y ago
Hope Apple doesn't try to own "fingerprint sensors in phones". Pretty sure the tech is up for grabs?
I like my Galaxy S4, but I wouldn't mind easier phone unlocking. Even better than fingerprinting, I wish I could draw an unlock pattern in the shape of whatever I wanted, a higher resolution pattern with visible brushstroke. Subtle unlock patterns would then be possible. You'd need a good algorithm to allow some difference in the reproduced pattern, while remaining high resolution enough to provide thousands more combinations than 4 digit pins.
Paint to unlock - that's what I need, if anyone wants to make that as an app for Android, I'd buy it for a dollar!
- cremnob 13y agoApple acquired Authentec for it, so it's going to be difficult for competitors to replicate it. I'm sure there are other vendors that provide fingerprint sensors, but their implementations of it and how the tech works probably isn't going to be the same.
- gerad 13y agoHasn't Android had pattern unlock forever? http://www.topdollarmobile.us/blog/android_unlock_pattern http://www.topdollarmobile.us/blog/android_unlock_pattern