Apple Hiring Software Engineer for AuthenTec Fingerprint Sensor Team in Florida

[nazaar]

One more hint that leads to believe that maybe the "s" in iPhone 5S will be for "security".

Highly unlikely.

 

[ilfn143]

turn on my phone by pressing home button and it also read my print!

 

[avanpelt]

Also, I think fingerprint scanners could go hand in hand with a feature that people have been requesting since the iPad came out -- multiple user accounts on the same device. Swipe your finger to login to your account on the device.

Then you, your spouse, and your kids could all have separate accounts on the same device; and you won't have to worry about remembering usernames or passwords for multiple accounts like you do today on computers. Besides, typing in usernames and long, secure passwords on the iPad on-screen keyboard is not exactly an enjoyable experience.

I doubt that feature would make it into iOS 7. Perhaps iOS 8?

 

[thekris1234]

Here comes the revolutionary new iFinger.

Followed closely by sFinger

 

[Karma*Police]

I would love the ability to unlock my phone without a passcode. Plus, imagine when there is no more "Did you change your passcode again? What is it?" from your spouse again. They will be SOL when you are not near the phone.

That would be a game changer... go right into my data sensitive apps by scanning my thumb instead of typing in my username and password.

Hopefully, Apple can get this to work a lot better than some other implementations I've seen where the success rate was probably 50%, at best.

 

[daveathall]

I have not found much of my time being wasted by the tedious typing of 4 numbers. Some might like it, for me, it's just a gimmick.

 

[RoastingPig]

Am I the only one who saw the logo and thought of NVIDIA?

i did too i thought it would of been something about the 680 for mac pro

 

[nick_elt]

i feel this is gonna be gimmicky and nobody will use it

if it works well id say it will be used more than siri

 

[curmudgeon32]

People thought passbook was gimmicky

Just used Passbook for my boarding passes this weekend. It's great! If that's a gimmick, bring it on.

 

[dazed]

Doubt I'd use it if all it did was replace the pass code.

If it became part of something else, like authorization for NFC then I can see that being more useful.

 

[BiscottiGelato]

If Apple's going to jump on this fingerprint bandwagon, it has to work and work well. If they're able to make a solution that works well, we'll see other handset makers try to copy Apple's implementation, no doubt. Maybe in two or three years, fingerprint scanners will be as common on phones and tablets as the voice assistants are becoming today.

Lenovo (IBM) used to have fingerprint scanners on their ThinkPads -- not sure if they still do. I tested it a few times and the success rate for reading my fingerprint correctly on the first swipe was about 50%. That's annoying on a laptop but brutal on a phone or tablet when you need to look something up right away.

I want the fingerprint sensor to work so well that once I enable it, I never have to turn it off or fall back to entering a passcode. I hope Apple can pull it off and that they won't implement the technology until they've really made it work well.

Would make it interesting if Apple sets it up so you have the option to require the correct fingerprint plus a passcode to wipe an iOS device. Talk about the ultimate two-factor authentication!

You are swiping it wrong. Cuz I use it on my company's Lenovo and it works 90% of the time.

 

[ksnell]

If Apple's going to jump on this fingerprint bandwagon, it has to work and work well. If they're able to make a solution that works well, we'll see other handset makers try to copy Apple's implementation, no doubt. Maybe in two or three years, fingerprint scanners will be as common on phones and tablets as the voice assistants are becoming today.

Lenovo (IBM) used to have fingerprint scanners on their ThinkPads -- not sure if they still do. I tested it a few times and the success rate for reading my fingerprint correctly on the first swipe was about 50%. That's annoying on a laptop but brutal on a phone or tablet when you need to look something up right away.

I want the fingerprint sensor to work so well that once I enable it, I never have to turn it off or fall back to entering a passcode. I hope Apple can pull it off and that they won't implement the technology until they've really made it work well.

Would make it interesting if Apple sets it up so you have the option to require the correct fingerprint plus a passcode to wipe an iOS device. Talk about the ultimate two-factor authentication!

Lenovo's still have the scanner. Every employee at the company I work for has a Thinkpad and each one has the fingerprint scanner disabled.

 

[Plutonius]

I wonder if any Samsung employees are applying for the job .

 

[gotluck]

Lenovo's still have the scanner. Every employee at the company I work for has a Thinkpad and each one has the fingerprint scanner disabled.

HP Laptops have the scanner, I enjoy it.

 

[avanpelt]

You are swiping it wrong. Cuz I use it on my company's Lenovo and it works 90% of the time.

Admittedly, it's been several years since I last tried it. Guess the technology in the ThinkPad scanners has improved. I just hope we don't see Tim Cook up on stage in a few years during "Fingergate" saying, 'You're swiping it wrong."

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Lenovo's still have the scanner. Every employee at the company I work for has a Thinkpad and each one has the fingerprint scanner disabled.

Disabled? Why?

 

[Limboistik]

I see this being a useful feature in an iWatch/iRing whatever they call it.

 

[Sedrick]

They're just now hiring this fellow and everyone thinks it will make it into the next OS in a few months?

 

[IVYHILL]

3GS, S was for speed
4S, S was for Siri
5S, S for security?

seems logical enough. I'm all for a fingerprint ID to unlock, purchase things on iTunes, and be integrated with PassBook and a wallet sort of thing with major cc companies.

 

[576316]

Clearly firm proof the 5S or 6 will include a fingerprint sensor. I'm intrigued.

 

[Squilly]

I'm ready! I want to see this in iOS 7!

 

[Bubba Satori]

I wonder if any Samsung employees are applying for the job .

No, but Apple's legal department is planning on suing everybody
who has been using fingerprint sensors for the last decade.

 

[mdelvecchio]

I'd love a touch based home button. I'm always too scared to overuse and break it

they have medication for this sort of worry.

 

[olowott]

Wish it comes with the iPhone5s

please apple be nice for like once

 

[Born Again]

Just used Passbook for my boarding passes this weekend. It's great! If that's a gimmick, bring it on.

U didn't need passbook

That was in their app before passbook existed so try again

 

[slffl]

Just used Passbook for my boarding passes this weekend. It's great! If that's a gimmick, bring it on.

I use Passbook almost everyday at Starbucks. It's awesome!

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U didn't need passbook

That was in their app before passbook existed so try again

Ya because finding the app, launching it, and taping 1-2 more times to bring up your card is so much the same as doing one swipe with Passbook on the lock screen when I arrive at Starbucks. Try again.