HTC One Max fingerprint scanner icons leak to show that all digits are in play
posted by Daniel P.
/ Oct 10, 2013, 3:32 AM
Apple's Touch ID is mainly destined to be used with your thumb, unlocking the iPhone 5s the second you lay that finger on the new home key, but with the HTC One Max icons all digits are circled.
HTC One Max fingerprint scanner app iconography
source: CtechCN (Weibo)
Related phones
- Display 5.9" 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Camera 4 MP / 2.1 MP front
- Processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 600, Quad-core, 1700 MHz
- Memory
- Storage 32 GB + microSDXC
- Battery 3300 mAh(25h 3G talk time)
15 Comments
2. hmd74
Posts: 539; Member since: Jan 31, 2013
I think fingerprint readers in android are more secure than iPhone...because custom ROM makers like CM etc Use open source and don't let the data flaw...
posted on Oct 10, 2013, 4:40 AM 2
4. protozeloz
Posts: 5396; Member since: Sep 16, 2010
What did I just read? That doesn't make any sense
posted on Oct 10, 2013, 6:23 AM 6
9. sum182
Posts: 229; Member since: Nov 19, 2011
i THINK......(think).....he means that we'll be able to actually know the code behind the scanner and know if its truly only being used by the phone, or if its being sent to apple/nsa/somewhere else scary.....just my translation.
posted on Oct 10, 2013, 8:05 AM 5
13. protozeloz
Posts: 5396; Member since: Sep 16, 2010
ahhh!!! that sounds much better, interesting point too
posted on Oct 10, 2013, 9:35 AM 3
12. McLTE
Posts: 922; Member since: Oct 18, 2011
With your reasoning, the exact opposite could be said and is probably more reasonable.
if the finger print scanner is open source, then it's going to be more easily hackable and, if anything.. it's going to be LESS secure.
posted on Oct 10, 2013, 8:58 AM 0
14. protozeloz
Posts: 5396; Member since: Sep 16, 2010
actually open source and security have nothing to do with each other....
open source means the source is available for someone to check it or modify it, now even if you can read all the source code its would be hard to find an exploit, plus with the large community its most bugs get found and patched by devs and users before they become a threat, if we count the number of devs posting and fixing bugs it woud be impossible for a company to concentrate so many people on a single thing. and we see them on the security vulnerabilities where closed OS where found to have 5 tomes more holes than the latest version of android
posted on Oct 10, 2013, 9:43 AM 0
15. asulect
Posts: 131; Member since: Aug 27, 2012
Your theory is right if the latest version of android get patched timely. The problem is android may have 5 times less security, but it is 1,000 time as likely that hacker will know about these holes and write codes to exploit them on majority of the deivces that are not on the latest version of android.
posted on Oct 10, 2013, 11:23 AM 0
3. Reality_Check
Posts: 277; Member since: Aug 15, 2013
If that's true, then this is the definition of a fingerprint scanner. Touch ID, I'm sorry what? :P
posted on Oct 10, 2013, 4:53 AM 0
5. Dorothy69
Posts: 498; Member since: May 21, 2013
This certainly sounds much more secure than just a thumb scaner on the front of a phone. +1 HTC
posted on Oct 10, 2013, 7:00 AM 2
7. asulect
Posts: 131; Member since: Aug 27, 2012
Requiring different fingers to do different function is not security, it's versatility. Security is where how HTC stores your fingerprint inside the phone and if someone can write some codes to retrieve these fingerprints from your phone. We'll have to see what HTC do here.
posted on Oct 10, 2013, 7:27 AM 0
