Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 05-12-2017

We’ve seen finger print ID and even facial ID to unlock smartphones and log into apps, but some users prefer to use passwords. But what if you forgot that all important code?

Samsung might soon have a subtler way of helping you remember your “password”, though: it would give you a palm reading.

Engadget reports that a recently published patent application shows that Samsung has been exploring a system that would scan the unique lines on your palm and use them to display hints in the form of incomplete characters.

A user would get a nudge in the right direction, but nothing so obvious that a thief could guess it (even if they could use your hand).

This could theoretically extend to signing you in, although Samsung would likely want to implement depth sensing or a similar technology to prevent evildoers from cheating with photos.

According to Engadget, there’s no certainty that users will ever see this in the Galaxy S9 or any future Samsung phone as it’s just a patent filing, and that won’t necessarily translate to a finished product.

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