The months leading up to Samsung Galaxy S5 launch, many were those who maintained that the South Korean company would respond to Apple and its fingerprint reader by introducing an eye scanner in its flagship. Finally, and as you all know, it was not like that and they bet on replicating what their competitor had already done. Which is not to say, that this element, which would serve to improve the security of your devices thatmay out of your future plans.
The vice president of Samsung, Rhee in-jong commented to several investor analysts at the firm in Hong Kong that the company does not lose sight of this objective and plans to implement new biometric sensors in the devices that go to the market in the next years. The Galaxy S5 has been the first terminal of the company that had one of these systems, specifically the fingerprint reader, and it is expected that the new family of Galaxy Tab S tablets expected to arrive in June, be pioneers in this regard.
Many think that the future of security in mobile devices depends precisely on these biometric sensors that make their use is totally exclusive by the owners, systems that are impossible to falsify that are already used for other purposes that require high security measures. “We are thinking about the different types of biometric mechanisms and one of the things that everyone is studying is iris detection«Rhee pointed out, making it clear what path they will take.
When Apple decided to incorporate the digital reader to its latest smartphone, the iPhone 5s, the doubts were more than evident. How effective and useful will it really be? Will it be more of a nuisance than a help? The truth is that shortly after users started using it, most agreed that it was a good idea. The good reception by people that they would use it day by day, it has been key so that now everyone looks in that direction, and that is that it would have been useless if the security was higher if it was uncomfortable. In fact, manufacturers like Samsung have even improved performance and have incorporated new functions, such as Paypal payments, for which it can be used, and openness for use by third parties would be an important step.
The operation of this security mechanism that Rhee talks about could be based on the front camera, which would scan the unique patterns of the iris of the user comparing them with those previously stored. A process that, if properly optimized and adapted to possible situations, could be really useful, just take a look at the camera the smartphone would be unlocked. This technology, he says, would be integrated into its Knox security platform and would reach high-end terminals first.
Source: TheHackerNews