Windows 8.1 will promote the deep integration of biometric systems in the future in a variety of devices

Microsoft recently pointed out that the upcoming release of Windows 8.1 will be significantly improved in terms of security performance. One of them, known as the "provable PC Health (PC Health)" feature, can be used to detect whether a device is infected by a cloud service platform. In addition to this feature, Microsoft has also vigorously promoted the deep integration of the "biometric technology."

Chris Hallum, Microsoft Windows Client Security Senior Product manager, points out that biometric systems will be the best, simplest and safest authentication scheme for all computers and tablets in the future. Although many laptops now use fingerprint technology, they all need third-party software and cumbersome registration to fully achieve this function, which makes many users have not enjoyed before the choice of a halt. In addition, many software is not necessarily able to support the plant to provide biometric technology. All the above reasons make the popularization of this technology lag behind.

To change the status quo, Microsoft teamed up with fingerprint cards to develop a high quality capacitor recognizer. Microsoft says OEMs will deploy this recognizer in future keyboards, notebooks, tablets, and other devices. Hallum did not give a specific release time, but revealed that consumers will see it before the end of the year. In addition, he revealed that the surface keyboard would probably be the first hardware to use the technology.

Unlike the existing recognizer, Microsoft's upcoming recognizer will identify whether the scanned fingerprint was from a real person or just from a silicone copy. In addition, Hallum said the company expects other industries to apply the technology to their area by using the APIs they provide.