• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer
  • Home
  • Advertise With Us
  • Contact
  • Cookie Policy
    • Privacy statement (CA)
    • Cookie policy (CA)
    • Privacy statement (UK)
    • Cookie policy (UK)
    • Privacy statement (US)
    • Cookie Policy (US)
    • Privacy statement (EU)
    • Cookie policy (EU)
    • Disclaimer

TechWalls

Technology News | Gadget Reviews | Tutorials

  • Reviews
  • Tech News
  • Tech Guide
  • Gadget & Apps

Apple wants almost all parts of your body for authentication

Updated on Apr 26, 2014 by Guest Authors

Apple is moving to boost the security hurdles of gaining access to its computer and mobile device offerings – as revealed by a patent application dated December 2013 – through biometrics. And by biometrics is meant nearly all parts of your body.

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office disclosed on April 24 three patents filed by Apple showing that the Cupertino giant seeks to implement security measures going well beyond the traditional passcode/word and the nascent fingerprint scanning.

One way that Apple is eyeing to more securely protect iPhone, iPad and MacBook Pro devices is the use of retinal scanning through an optical sensor. The patent states a sensor could contain an infrared light source that will emit light to a user’s eye, which in turn sends back the light signal to begin the authentication process.

retina_scan_apple

 

The received light signal will be then converted into a permanent representation of a user’s eyes and the data will be stored in a repository of authenticated biometric attributes of the user. Users may also be required to perform eye movements in order to set a predetermined feature of its eye attributes for accessing Apple devices. All these biometrics data will be compared to users who will attempt to access a device in the future.

Apple also patents a sensor for identifying skin features or attributes of the user’s epidermis found underneath the human skin. This sensor will be integrated into a capacitive screen, touch button, keyboard or mouse.

And aside from fingerprint scanning, Apple also wants to authenticate users based their hand print, palm print, knuckle print, blood vessel pattern. As if those verification systems were not enough, Apple devices may be made to scan a user’s ear canal, body odor, DNA, or every possible biometric data that Apple could consider to be worth scanning. All this seems to display Apple as more paranoid than its customers when it comes to security. But of course security can never be underhyped.

Apple also looks into the way a user holds an iPhone device. Now the company plans to embed a sensor in the back cover of the smartphone to scan the features of your palm. The system will be integrated with a two-dimensional sensor in order to spare the user from the hassles of performing uncomfortable hand gestures.

The voice has not been spared from the process. Apple wants to authenticate users based on their voice features, but you don’t really have to sing. The sensor will be made to identify a certain pitch or voice signature, but the technology could also rely on spoken words, which could mean that aside from the conventional password authentication, the user’s voice may be an added security parameter.

It should be noted that all these authentication systems are to be embedded in Apple devices, which will then confirm access of a user when his or her biometric attributes match those data contained in the gadget. That way, a long process will be avoided for the real user.

Disclosure: We might earn commission from qualifying purchases. The commission help keep the rest of my content free, so thank you!

Footer

OpenRock S Review – Revolutionizing the World of Earbuds

AiDot OREiN & Linkind Matter Smart Light Bulb Review

ALLPOWERS SP033 200W Portable Solar Panel Review – Eco-Friendly Energy on the Go

Epomaker RT100, TH80 Pro, Shadow-X Mechanical Keyboard Reviewed

Follow TechWalls

YoutubeFacebookTwitterInstagram

Recent Posts

  • OpenRock S Review – Revolutionizing the World of Earbuds
  • AiDot OREiN & Linkind Matter Smart Light Bulb Review
  • OKP L1 Robot Vacuum Cleaner Review – Affordable Robot with LiDAR Navigation
  • KEF LS50 Bookshelf Speakers Review: A Sound Decision Over the LS50 Meta

Copyright © 2023 · All Rights Reserved

Manage Cookie Consent
We use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. We do this to improve browsing experience and to show personalized ads. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Functional cookies Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Manage options Manage services Manage {vendor_count} vendors Read more about these purposes
View preferences
{title} {title} {title}