Touch ID Ten Rumors

September 23 News, the Canadian "Toronto Star" in the iphone 5s after the sale of the article listed the iphone 5s fingerprint recognition of the top ten shortcomings, this article quickly in the industry sparked hot debate. Chris Rawson, a Tauw contributor to the Technology web site, Chris Lausen that the Toronto Star's interpretation of the iphone's 5s fingerprint is sheer nonsense, pointing out that the article seemed to come from a person who had never used the iphone, while also describing the iphone 5s fingerprint identification of the top ten shortcomings have been refuted.

Lawson said that whenever Apple introduced new products that included new or not yet popular technologies, the media industry has raised the question of these new technologies, although the question itself is understandable, but if these articles are just some casually without technical analysis, negative responsibility, it is too dirty, too boring.

The following are the ten flaws in the iphone 5s fingerprint recognition listed in the Toronto Star and Lawson's refutation.

Disadvantage 1: Video shows a cat can unlock the iphone 5s, so it is believed that hackers will not be able to crack the touch ID for much longer.

Lawson's point: It's not hard to get a cat to unlock the iphone 5s, just set it up in the Touch ID and then fingerprint the cat's paw. Of course, users can also use the Touch ID to scan the skin of other parts of the body. The key point is that the user must set the Touch ID to identify the cat's paw or other scanned things, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to unlock the iphone 5s, such as the user set the Touch ID unlock fingerprint is the thumb, then if the cat's paw on the home button to scan, Nature cannot complete unlocking.

Disadvantage 2: If Apple's Touch ID makes a mistake, biometric technology could be a setback for several years.

Lawson's point of view: The author does not explain the specific meaning of "error", I do not quite understand why the author is so pessimistic about the new technology, if, according to his logic, if the consumer in the future is very satisfied with the Touch ID, will the biometric technology for several years?

Disadvantage the usage scenario described by the 3:touch ID we have not encountered.

Lawson's point of view: There have been many debates in the scientific and technological community, such as "My CD player is good enough, why spend 500 of dollars to buy a MP3 player?" My BlackBerry is enough, why spend 500 of dollars to buy a mobile phone without a keyboard? My netbook is good enough, why spend 500 of dollars to buy an ipad? In fact, the discussion of these issues does not have much practical significance, if you do not need such equipment, you can not buy it, but can not deny its value and significance.

Downside 4: Apple is using people's fear to sell the iphone 5s.

Lawson's point of view: Apple's description of the Touch ID on the official website is: "You may be looking at the iphone hundreds or even more times a day, and each password will affect how fast you use it, but it's important that you do this to make sure someone doesn't use your iphone." The IPhone 5s makes unlocking the phone faster and simpler, and even a sense of the future, as we use a new fingerprint identification sensor--touch ID.

You just put your finger on the home button and you can unlock it easily. The Touch ID can be used not only to unlock the phone, but also to help users complete the payment process at the App Store and the ibooks store. The Touch ID can read your fingerprints 360 degrees in all directions, which means that your iphone can read your fingerprints and identify you, whether it's in portrait, landscape, or any other direction. The Touch ID can also add multiple fingerprints, so it can identify the people you trust.

Disadvantage 5: Moisture on the finger or food scraps can cause the Touch ID to not recognize the user's fingerprint.

Lawson's point of view: If your hands are stained with drops of water or food residue, any touch screen will be "malfunctioning", so before using iphone5s, please wash your dirty hands clean, although the iphone screen has a certain degree of anti-fouling function, but also not specifically for dirty hands and design.

Disadvantages 6:iphone have their own private information, and Apple is able to access this information and use it.

Lawson's point of view: First, the IPhone 5s fingerprint identification chip can only be used to store the encryption data related to the Touch ID. Second, the iphone doesn't store the user's fingerprints, instead of scanning them into a bunch of data and storing them in a cell phone's chip, instead of uploading them to an Apple server or icloud, if the data is replicated elsewhere, all you see is a string of garbled characters that doesn't have any real purpose.

Disadvantage 7: Every time you use the iphone to open some complex software, there are problems like this.

Lawson's point of view: for such "amateur" question, I really do not know how to answer, can only say that "my friends and I were stunned"!

Disadvantage 8:iphone 5s target users are just people who are worried about security.

Lawson's point of view: Is this the weakness of the iphone 5s? Everyone's preferences are different, and even as smartphones are on the way, there are still a lot of people using smartphones that only have phones and short message functions. While the more secure iphone 5s doesn't appeal to people who like to play games, read books and shoot High-definition video, who doesn't want to make their iphone a little more secure? After all, there's a lot of personal information, including photos, videos and other files, So it's absolutely necessary to protect our phones as well as our PCs.

Disadvantage 9: New products often encounter some technical obstacles.

Lawson's point of view: Do we have to wait until a new technology is ripe to use it? Of course, the new technology in the development of a certain stage, can be boldly applied to the product for trial, only in this way can promote the healthy development of new technologies. At least from the current feedback information, users and the media on the Touch ID response is good.

Disadvantage 10: At the beginning of the time we should all be competing to try, but after the fresh strength of the past is not necessarily.

Lawson's point of view: Some people think that the Touch ID after a long period of time after the problem of delay, which will make it an appearance of the "chicken" function. However, user feedback shows that the current Touch ID does not appear the so-called delay problem, compared to the previous password input is more convenient and quick.