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Comment: Auto-authentication of fingerprints has pros & cons, but personally I’d go for it [Poll]

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<p>With Apple widely expected to embed a fingerprint reader into the display of the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/iphone-8/" target="_blank">iPhone 8[/url], the company has patented a number of different technologies it could use to accomplish this.</p>
<p>One approach would limit fingerprint recognition to the <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/02/15/iphone-8-function-area/" target="_blank">bottom section[/url] of the display, meaning that authenticating a fingerprint would have to be a deliberate step, as it is with today’s Touch ID sensor. But a patented <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2017/02/28/iphone-8-fingerprint-reader-embedded-in-display-patent-granted/" target="_blank">granted today[/url] would allow a fingerprint to be recognized anywhere on the screen, with Apple specifically arguing that authentication could then be completely automatic …</p>
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