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Title: News: Apple patent describes a fingerprint ‘panic mode’ Post by: HCK on November 06, 2015, 03:00:29 pm News: Apple patent describes a fingerprint ‘panic mode’
<img src="(http://assets.ilounge.com/images/uploads/panicpatent.jpg)" /> A new Apple patent filing reveals that Apple may be working on a way to have an iPhone secretly enter a “panic mode” when unlocked using Touch ID with a specific finger. The patent, titled “Fingerprint Activation of a Panic Mode of Operation for a Mobile Device” and dated May 5, 2014, describes how a different mode of operation could be engaged by the detection of a specific finger on a fingerprint sensor, activating a “panic… Source: News: Apple patent describes a fingerprint ‘panic mode’ (http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/apple-patent-describes-a-fingerprint-panic-mode) |