Apple inks deal to adopt fingerprint-recognition technology
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David Murray, lead investor of MicroLatch — an Australian fingerprint security start-up — has reportedly informed The Australian that the company has inked a deal with Apple, in order to provide its security technology to the Cupertino giant. However, no additional details have been disclosed.
According to the source, MicroLatch owns patents in the area of "self-registering fingerprint biometrics", which seem to provide a level of security similar to that required by banks around the world.
Apple is believed to engage in these partnerships because of interest in joining the mobile payments game. Some say that it has already made the first mode by creating the Passbook app, which is used to store all of a user's digital coupons, tickets, gift cards, etc. But when are we going to be presented with the final product? You guess is as good as ours, though next year's iOS 7, or iPhone 6 look like very suitable occasions to launch such a service.
via: AppleInsider
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11 Comments
1. wendygarett (limited) 2 days ago posted on 03 Oct 2012, 04:41 5 3
Let's hope Apple don't patent it...
3. neutralguy posted on 03 Oct 2012, 05:40 4 1
Apple will find a patent for this one trust me. If they found something that doesn't have patent on it, they will do the job in patenting it. But, can't blame them. If I'm on their position, I'd be glad doing such thing for the fact that it benefits you in many ways.
5. PhenomFaz posted on 03 Oct 2012, 07:04 2 0
apple will patent this for sure and then sue the parent company itself :)
that;s just how LOW apple rolls
6. tigermcm posted on 03 Oct 2012, 07:31 1 1
I cant see Apple being able to patent this. Sprint had a WinMo phone that had a fingerprint scanner on it before
2. eisenbricher posted on 03 Oct 2012, 04:43 2 1
I almost read that 'Apple filed patent application' instead of 'inekd a deal'!
4. kartik4u98 posted on 03 Oct 2012, 05:55 0 0
This means that the fake fingerprint scanner apps available will become real and useful in the near future!! :-)
8. Sniggly posted on 03 Oct 2012, 08:11 1 0
The Atrix still did it first, and it worked really damn well. I still wish Motorola would include that as an option on its current phones.
10. buccob posted on 03 Oct 2012, 09:11 1 0
Sadly with AuthenTec now owned by Apple it is highly unlikely...
Maybe in the iPhone 5S (the "S" stands for Security?)
Anyway... I loved my Atrix for that feature and is what I miss the most now on my GS3...
11. phatride4ever posted on 03 Oct 2012, 11:39 0 0
LG eXpo did it first. I had one and rarely used it. Easier using a pattern.
9. Fallout09 posted on 03 Oct 2012, 08:28 1 0
I dont see the feature becoming popular.... there are still millions of people afraid to give their fingerprints to banks.... yet alone allowing Apple to store their fingerprint data on their super security devices.....
