Touch ID-enabled apps starting to appear
16 June, 2014
category: Biometrics, Digital ID
Apple announced that it was opening up the APIs for Touch ID so the fingerprint scanner can be used for access to specific apps.
A handful of companies announced plans to take advantage of the biometric scanner for access. IdentityX, a Daon affiliate, launched a major system update with support for Apple’s Touch ID fingerprint technology.
IdentityX’s universal authentication platform for mobile devices — the Infinity Platform — enables users to mix and match security factors of the past –such as passwords and hard tokens — with security factors of today, voice and facial recognition, and the emerging factors, such as vein and iris recognition.
Infinity already supports fingerprint-enabled Windows devices and is currently being integrated with fingerprint readers on Android-based devices such as the Samsung Galaxy S5. With the integration of Apple’s Touch ID, IdentityX is positioned for support of fingerprints to authenticate enterprise applications, regardless of which type of mobile device their employees or customers own.
The Infinity Platform with support for Touch ID is now available in open beta and will be formally released with iOS 8 this Fall.
