Apple Hints Remote Control With Fingerprint & Retina Scan

July 24, 2015 at 1:16 pm By

Apple can’t seem to stop putting their hands on new ways to make life easier for consumers and now, it looks like they are thinking about developing a remote control that will allow your personal viewing preferences and profile to be accessed with a fingerprint or retina.

A patent application called ‘Device Configuration for Multiple Users Using Remote User Biometrics published Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office lays out the technology for personalizing remote controls,” according to CNET.

“The idea would be to let each person in a household access a personal profile on a TV, set-top box or other device based on biometric information, such as a fingerprint, picked up by the remote control.”

One of the great features that can come out of this is for parents who want to control what their children are able to watch. Changing the profile that’s on the television at all times would be simple and accessing grown features would literally be the touch of a button.

“The technology could extend to media centers, desktop computers, laptops, tablets, smartphones, smartwatches and other wearables, kitchen appliances, cars, gaming consoles, lighting systems, air conditioners and more,” according to CNET.

“As one example cited by Apple, a husband and wife may both use a certain electronic device, such as a TV, computer or gaming console.”

It would be interesting to see if this kind of technology poses danger if the system that stores the prints and retinal scan can be hacked. With the recent dangers surrounding auto hacks and data breaches nothing really seems safe at all in the cyber world.

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