Xiaomi has patented a new fingerprint scanning technology that allows the user to use the fingerprint sensor by touching any part of their screen. Now you don’t have to try anymore to turn on your phone or place your finger on the finger reader, because you can do this by touching anywhere on the phone’s screen. This is a very privacy issue.

It will have a set of infrared LED light transmitters under the capacitive touch screen layer and above the usual AMOLED display.

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    182 years ago

    The phone always knows who is using it, not just when you want it to know.

    • @oh_jeez_rick
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      42 years ago

      Wow. I wouldn’t have come up with that myself, thx.

      Is this currently being abused by any OS or apps?

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        • @oh_jeez_rick
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          22 years ago

          I didn’t know android introduces a permission for the fingerprint, I’m still on android 10. Good to know that you can disable that in the recent versions

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