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LG Announces G8 ThinQ Smartphone That Uses 'Advanced Palm Vein Authentication' Tech To Unlock (techcrunch.com)
LG's flagship G8 smartphone has been officially launched today, bringing many expected features that were teased over the past few months and several not-so-expected features. One such unusual feature in the G8 is its palm vein recognition, dubbed Hand ID, which LG claims is the first to offer this capability. TechCrunch reports: From the company's press materials, "LG's Hand ID identifies owners by recognizing the shape, thickness and other individual characteristics of the veins in the palms of their hands." It turns out, like faces and fingerprints, everyone's got a unique set of hand veins, so once registered, you can just however your hot blue blood tubes over the handset to quickly unlock in a few seconds. The Z camera also does depth-sensing face unlock that's a lot harder to spoof than the kind found on other Android handsets. LG's also put the tech to use for a set of Air Motion gestures, which allow for hands-free interaction with various apps like the camera (selfies) and music (volume control). Other features of the G8 include a 6.1-inch QHD+ "Crystal Sound OLED" display that uses the screen as an audio amplifier. There's a Snapdragon 855 processor with 6GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage, three cameras on the rear including a 16-megapixel Super Wide (F1.9), 12-megapixel Standard (F1.5), and 12-megapixel Telephoto (F2.4), a 3,500mAh battery that charges via USB-C, a headphone jack, and 32-bit Hi-Fi Quad DAC.
I believe you meant screen as audio transducer... At least it keeps the headphone jack!
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
BioMetrics is not a valid identity or security mechanism and will never be. Machines are not perfect, neither are you, and you could lose access to your devices if your bio-metrics change. Health problems, scraps, cuts, bruises, or even worse a lopped off limb could get you locked out of you device. Not only that but the technology to scan and learn you bio-metrics is the same technology to be used to store that data and use it in a replay. As seen in other cheap tricks like unlocking them with pictures. Yes, they will try to secure that further but at the end of the day, every part of your body can be replicated with impressive detail if someone wants to bad enough and the more and more this technology matures the more and more people will understand the feeling to being betrayed by their own security implementations.
I am sorry dave... but I can't let you ... o wait... Hello Master Key what do you want me to do?
Did you know that when you set up a new Android phone, you can use your dick on the fingerprint reader and then you'll have to whip out your dick every time you want to use your phone?
Don't ask me how I know that, but let me just say that HR was not amused.
You are welcome on my lawn.
Literally hundreds of millions of people already use it every day.
Literally hundreds of millions eat too much junk food, therefore it's good for you.