When we tell you more about the threats to which millions of users are exposed when using their devices, we also emphasize that the advances made by hackers have forced firms to develop new security measures that go beyond the usual codes and passwords that, such And as has been seen repeatedly, they can be very vulnerable. On the other hand, we find a great variety of applications that promise, at least at first glance, to shield the terminals more.
Some security measures that are being adopted at high speed and that could be decisive in the short term in phablets and other media, are the biometric markers. Although their implementation was scarce just a couple of years ago, we are now seeing them in a multitude of devices manufactured by dozens of companies. Below we will tell you more about the great families that we can see at this time and where the strategies could go in this regard.
1. Fingerprint readers
We start with the most basic and the first ones that made their appearance. The scanners Fingerprints began to be implemented to replace the typical unlock patterns and now, it is possible to find them in almost all the new devices that go on sale. One of its drawbacks, at least before, was their response time. Now it is possible to find models with this element that allow access to the contents of the terminal in less than 0,1 seconds.
2. Visual recognition
Some firms like Samsung started around 2015 and especially, in 2016, to add iris scanners to their phablets and conventional smartphones. The Note 7 was one of the pioneers in incorporating this element whose operation is simple: Through a reading mainly in infrared, it detects some 200 points housed in the eyes of each person and that, like fingerprints, are unique. Its biggest limitation today is the cost of its installation in the terminals and that, of course, has an impact on their final price.
3. Face detection
Finally, we find one of the trends that are undergoing further development. The South Korean firm also seems to be a pioneer in the installation of this component that closely resembles the existing feature in the cameras phablets and that like the iris reader, it also performs a face analysis using as an unlocking pattern that series of facial features of each person.
Do you think that all these trends can complement each other and guarantee a safer user experience against theft and other crimes? You have more related information available on other trends that we could see in the short term, such as modules, so that you can give your own opinion.