Touch ID is Apple’s fingerprint sensor built-in to the Home button that first debuted with the iPhone 5s. A year later Touch ID became an integral part of Apple Pay that launched just after the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus and also came to the iPad Air 2. The first Mac to gain Touch ID was the MacBook Pro with Touch Bar in late 2016.
Conflicting reports have been plentiful this year as to how Apple will handle Touch ID with the iPhone 8 or whether face recognition may replace it altogether.
While the end of the wait for a foldable iPhone appears to be in sight, there’s uncertainty over Apple’s plans for the outer and inner displays of what’s being colloquially referred to as the iPhone Fold.
A new report adds weight the the suggestion that there will be no Dynamic Island on the outer display, Apple instead opting for a single punch-hole for the front-facing camera, with Touch ID used to unlock the device …
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One of the greatest benefits of Touch ID on Mac is rarely having to type your password when making purchases, signing into apps, and, of course, unlocking the device. It might be ancient technology to the iPhone at this point, but it continues to be a default luxury on Mac. If you frequent Terminal, you’ll be glad to know you can also authenticate as administrator with Touch ID for all the sudo goodness with one tap.
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Apple introduced Face ID on iPhone all the way back in 2017, and Touch ID quickly became absent from all but the budget iPhone SE. Now, the SE is about to lose it too. But I think it’s actually the perfect time to bring Touch ID back across the entire iPhone lineup, and Vision Pro is why.
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Back in May, password manager DashLane announced it was working on ditching the master password for its credential vaults. Now, the company has launched its initial wave of access to the feature and says it is the “first credential manager” to offer passwordless login.
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While Windows laptop users like to think they have their own version of Touch ID, it appears not to offer the same level of security. The Windows Hello fingerprint authentication system on the top three laptops to use it has been put to the test by security researchers – and all three failed.
To be fair, the team was carrying out the penetration tests at the request of Microsoft – but it was a Microsoft Surface product that turned out to be easiest to bypass …
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Apple has a pair of big iPhone projects in the works to move Face ID underneath the display and bring back Touch ID. Two new reports today, however, say we are still several years away from either of these projects seeing the light of day.
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After bringing Touch ID to the Mac several years ago with the introduction of the new MacBook Pro in 2016, Apple last year finally launched a standalone version of the Magic Keyboard with Touch ID. While this has proven to be a popular choice among Mac users who like the Magic Keyboard design, that’s not everyone.
A new proof of concept shows that it’s actually possible to pull the Touch ID parts out of the standalone Magic Keyboard with Touch ID, giving you what some have referred to as the “Magic Button.”
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After predicting the iPhone 15 could feature under-display Touch ID, Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo now says a latest survey indicates neither the 2023 nor the 2024 iPhone may adopt this technology, as Apple could be satisfied with its software solutions and new technologies.
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Apple could very well never adopt the Touch ID sensor on its flagship iPhones again, but since the pandemic started more than two years ago, rumors about this possibility ramped up. Now, with iOS 15.4 set to be released in a few weeks now, Apple shows how it could focus on Face ID for the indefinite future.
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Some of us with shiny new M1-powered MacBook Pros have been finding that Apple Pay doesn’t work when trying to use Touch ID on the Magic Keyboard …
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In today’s Power On newsletter, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman doubles down the fact that Apple won’t add in-screen Touch ID to the rumored iPhone 13 as the company has a “long-term goal” to include the Face ID sensor inside the display.
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One of the many worrying developments in the tragedy unfolding in Afghanistan is that US face recognition and fingerprint devices and databases have been seized by the Taliban. They were apparently left behind during the hurried withdrawal of US forces, leaving coalition collaborators at risk from reprisals.
However, a human rights organization says there are measures Afghans can take to try to protect themselves, and that Face ID can play a role in this.
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Early rumors about the iPhone 14 suggest that Apple plans to lose the notch next year, with in-screen Touch ID or Face ID two possible ways to achieve this. A patent granted today describes how both forms of biometric authentication could be embedded into the display.
It would even be possible to embed the front-facing camera into the screen, though this is likely to be a later development…
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Rumors about Apple making an iPhone with both Face ID and Touch ID are not exactly new. In fact, they have been around since the iPhone X rumors, even before Apple introduced facial recognition on its devices. But now we want to know: Would you prefer an iPhone with Touch ID under the screen or on the power button?
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I’ve argued for years that moving beyond passwords is something that urgently needs to happen from both a security and usability perspective.
The technical framework to make it possible to abandon passwords – WebAuthn – was agreed back in 2018, and Apple added support for it in Safari last year. Adoption is as yet close to zero, but all that looks set to change, thanks to the latest move by Apple …
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In the years ahead, passwords, as we know them, will become a thing of the past. However, that change won’t happen overnight and will take a concerted effort from lots of different parties, including the major tech giants. At WWDC, Apple announced how it’s moving toward a more secure and easy-to-use passwordless authentication powered by WebAuthn and Face ID/Touch ID with the preview of passkeys in iCloud Keychain.
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As Apple has done in the past with refreshed Magic Keyboards, the new version with Touch ID is only available with the new iMac – at least for the time being. But the useful new keyboard with built-in biometrics will work with any M1 Mac.
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There have been multiple suggestions that Apple plans to adopt under-screen Touch ID for the iPhone 13, given that masks have greatly reduced the usefulness of Face ID. The company already has a bunch of patents for different ways to pull this off, and has today applied for an interesting new one.
Apple explains that optical fingerprint reading can be unreliable for two reasons, and explains how it would address these …
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Rumors suggest that Apple will likely add under-display Touch ID on iPhone 13. At the same time, with the Apple Watch unlock feature on iOS 14.5, the company points to another year with only Face ID biometric authentication. Here’s what we know so far.
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The idea of Apple putting both Touch ID and Face ID into an iPhone has been floating around for several years now. And just earlier this month, we saw a report from Bloomberg saying it could be the 2021 iPhone lineup to get both forms of biometric authentication. Now a new report from WSJ corroborates that this could be the year we see in-screen Touch ID join Face ID on iPhone.
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At CES 2021 today, Qualcomm unveiled a new in-screen fingerprint sensor that it says is 50% faster and 77% larger than its previous technology. The new Qualcomm 3D Sonic Sensor Gen 2 is expected to find its way to high-end Android flagships this year, and it comes as Apple works to bring Touch ID back to the iPhone.
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A cryptic new leak today suggests that Apple is developing new technology to bring Touch ID functionality back to the iPhone. While the iPad Air just added Touch ID to the power button, Apple is reportedly working to add Touch ID functionality under the iPhone’s screen.
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A neat new feature available for developers to build into websites with the Safari 14 beta is the ability to bypass username and password fields with Face ID or Touch ID offering a much more seamless experience to users.
An Apple Watch with Touch ID sensor has been on the wishlists of many people for quite some time now. A new Apple patent application published today shows that Apple is at least considering the idea.
It follows a similar patent for embedding a Touch ID sensor into an iPhone power button…