On June 26, the Patently Mobile website published a news item announcing that dated June 15, Samsung patented a new system for iris recognition.
From here you can access the Patently Mobile news.
This new system consists of three chambers where each one of them will fulfill a specific function. All biometric information captured by this system will be processed and used to recognize the identity of the scanned eye.
As you can see in the image above, the specific function of each of the cameras is illustrated:
- The first camera is composed of a set of lenses to adjust the size of the image.
- The second camera would be full angle, that is, it will capture an image of the user's full face.
- And the third camera is of a small angle, that is, wide and focuses only the eye to be identified.
There are rumors, that Samsung intends to gradually incorporate this identification system in the entire range of its devices, such as; cameras, video cameras, computers and portable media players. However, as of today, Samsung has not commented on it, which is why it was previously indicated that they are rumors, and it has not officially confirmed that this will be the case.
But Samsung's intentions go a little further. It is proposed take advantage of this same biometric recognition system and adapt it to authorize payments. At first it would only be through the Samsung Pay payment platform.
What remains in the air is which processor will be capable of processing such a quantity of information in a reasonable time.
At the same time that Samsung patented its iris recognition camera, He also filed another patent for the improvement of the fingerprint reader, which in its current models is located on the start button on the front. The reason for this change is due to its reduced space, causing problems and failures in the readings. Therefore, in future versions in which they are included this fingerprint reader will change its location to the back of the device.
It is very striking the high level of concern that users have to maintain the privacy of conversations, messages, data and the activity of their mobile devices with respect to the people around them.
These security systems are becoming more and more sophisticated, without counting on a large number of apps for the same purpose. However, that level of concern is practically reduced to almost nothing, in what refers to the back doors that exist internally in the devices at an electronic level, which may be in the processors themselves or in the software that come pre-installed or that we We install ourselves.
All telephone operators have a powerful tool with which they can access the terminal giving complete access, that is, they can read, write, modify any configuration parameter or install and uninstall any type of application.
And all this can be done without our consent and without our knowing it. As an example, we must remember the massive espionage of citizens around the world by the NSA or the German government's mobiles. If this is possible with a government, where are we left?
Regardless of how unpleasant and unacceptable the fact that they are touching the mobile without our consent or knowledge, is that this possibility is real and can be used by others and for other purposes that will be anything but for our good.
Therefore, and to finish, the question is; When will a security system be developed to protect us against this serious threat?
