One of the revolutionary elements of the iPhone 5s is the integration of its fine fingerprint authentication sensor, made possible by Apple's acquisition of security company Authentec last year. We find the sensor integrated into the home button of the device and we will soon see how it expands to other products of the apple company. Recent leaks make it clear that Apple has also integrated this element into the fifth-generation iPad and the new iPad mini 2 with a retina display.
Apple gave us clues about his intentions when acquired the signature of Authentec and all his employees went to work for the company. In the past Authentec offered security components for such major technology companies as Samsung and HP. In addition, around the months in which the purchase occurred, Apple registered a patent in the United States that described how to unlock a device using fingerprints. What is the origin of Touch ID? Do not think that this sensor was conceived as a tiny element from the beginning ...
As they tell us from Apple Insider, Touch ID arose through a device devised by Authentec that depended on a cable and that was even bigger than iPhone 5s:
«The first version of the Authentec fingerprint sensor was not as fancy as the little scanner we found under the home button of the iPhone 5s. The predecessor to Touch ID was built into a box much larger than an iPhone and that box was connected via a cable to an even larger device that provided the power needed to make it work.
The predecessor of Touch ID was known as FingerLoc.
From what we have seen, it is clear that the development of Touch ID for the iPhone 5s has not been an easy task, hence there have been problems with the production of the device.
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