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  • Rumor: New iPhones with secure iris scanners coming in 2018

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    uroshnor said:

    By contrast, an iris scan done with a UV camera one one eye ,
    It's infrared light ;). UV light would damage the eyes. Infrared is perfectly safe though. This BTW is also the reason why they work perfectly in low light situations.
    patchythepiratenetmage

  • Apple expected to replace Touch ID with two-step facial, fingerprint bio-recognition tech

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    retrogusto said:
    I really love Touch ID. For me, it works like magic. Unfortunately, some people (like, ahem, my parents) don't use it, because they tried to use it a few times when either their phone or their finger was wet or dirty, so it didn't work, and they got frustrated and never used it again. 

    To make it 100% perfect, Apple needs to find a way to make it work even when it's a little less clean. I don't mind wiping mine off once in a while, but some people just get flustered when things don't work, and assume it's the fault of some unsurmountable flaw in the device.
    Well then it has to go in he same direction as Qualcomm did with Sense ID. Sense ID is an ultrasonic scanner which are actually more accurate than capacitive scanners (which is what TouchID is) and is better when your finger is dirty or wet. 
    gatorguy

  • Congress won't consider mandatory encryption bill after Apple battle - report

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    There's no secure enclave in the processors Android phones use.


    Yes there is. Apple's secure enclave is just Apple's implementation of ARM's Trustzone. Something high end Android phones have been using for a while now.

    singularity

  • Rumor: New iPhones with secure iris scanners coming in 2018

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    Except that NOBODY has ever showed a completed start-to-finish working spoof to fool the iPhone fingerprint sensor.

    Meanwhile, iris scans have so many things that can cause issues: people who wear contacts, glasses/sunglasses, alcohol consumption, external light influences, not keeping still enough....I just don't see Apple implementing something that could have so many possible points of failure.
    Dude, Fortune once even showed a method using freaking Play-Doh. It can be spoofed. Is it convenient? Absolutely. Is it as secure as iris scanning? No. For one iris scanning has more than 5 times more unique points of comparison. TouchID does a very good job and is secure enough for the purpose that it serves but it's not the end all be all in security. Remember this is not an OR situation. Apple can offer both and allow you to choose what you want to use or even combine. 

    Video 2 is older and shows a method with laser edging.



  • No need for 4K display on Apple's iPhone 7 because of screen quality, expert claims

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    sog35 said:
    Headline should read:

    iPhone7 visually indistinguishable from PERFECT

    A description also used by DisplayMate for the color accuracy of Samsung Amoleds. 

    " tied with the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 for the most color accurate displays that we have ever measured for a smartphone or tablet, which is visually indistinguishable from perfect, "

    That's  just about color accuracy (both in the case of Samsung and the iPhone). DisplayMate is very clear. To quote: 
    "It is by far the best performing mobile LCD display that we have ever tested, "

    But the Note 7 is still regarded as the best mobile display ever. Quote: "So the Galaxy Note7 becomes the Best Performing Smartphone Display that we have ever tested."

    So in other words: the iPhone has the best mobile LCD ever tested and has a truly excellent screen. But the Note 7 is the best mobile display ever tested.