{"id":2040,"date":"2013-08-08T13:52:26","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T18:52:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/?p=2040"},"modified":"2013-08-09T05:33:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T10:33:35","slug":"will-an-authentec-fingerprint-scanner-drive-me-to-an-iphone-just-might","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/2013\/08\/08\/will-an-authentec-fingerprint-scanner-drive-me-to-an-iphone-just-might\/","title":{"rendered":"Will the Authentec fingerprint scanner drive me to an iPhone? Just might."},"content":{"rendered":"

In 2011 I raved about the Motorola Atrix<\/a>.\u00a0 One of it’s outstanding features was the built in fingerprint scanner for security made by Authentec.\u00a0 Motorola licensed the technology from Authentec and it was exclusively available on the Atrix. \u00a0I actually walked around for over a month swiping my finger on the top of my Galaxy S3 out of habit after switching phones.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2013.\u00a0 Apple makes one of it’s most expensive hardware acquisitions ever, the purchase of Authentec.\u00a0Now it is rumored that the upcoming iPhone 5s will incorporate this fingerprint scanner, causing an outcry from privacy advocates.\u00a0 It also caused the Apple fans to proclaim that the scanner is a new addition to smart phones that will be copied by an Android device.\u00a0 Never mind that an Android phone had it first.\u00a0 I am not one who believes or cares that Apple may sell my fingerprints to the government.\u00a0 Then again, I’m not a fool scared by government security practices that have been going on well before the advent of the smartphone.\u00a0\u00a0 Say, like acquiring call logs.<\/p>\n

I’ve always said the downside to an iPhone was not the small screen but the lack of certain technologies such as NFC.\u00a0 Now Apple may hold one technology I truly love on a phone.\u00a0 Could the iPhone 5S be my next mobile device?\u00a0\u00a0 Will I finally give in and have my first God forsaken iTunes account?\u00a0\u00a0 Possibly.\u00a0 I’ve got to wait and see what else the phone packs and if the GPS is worth a damn.\u00a0 I am seriously locked in to the need for a high quality, very accurate GPS.\u00a0 If they can get that part right I may carry my first iPhone soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 2011 I raved about the Motorola Atrix.\u00a0 One of it’s outstanding features was the built in fingerprint scanner for security made by Authentec.\u00a0 Motorola licensed the technology from Authentec and it was exclusively available on the Atrix. \u00a0I actually walked around for over a month swiping my finger on the top of my Galaxy … Continue reading Will the Authentec fingerprint scanner drive me to an iPhone? Just might.<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2040"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2044,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2040\/revisions\/2044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddsingleton.net\/chronicle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}