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"As widely rumored prior to its announcement, the iPhone 5s will sport biometric fingerprint security with a new feature Apple is calling \"Touch ID,\" a seamless mode of authentication built directly into the phone's home button. \r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/touchid-scan-fingerprint2-20130910.jpg\" alt=\"Touch ID\" width=\"660\" height=\"396\" border=\"0\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nThe system is comprised of a flat sapphire crystal, stainless steel &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/06/silver-ring-around-iphone-5s-home-button-may-be-integral-to-fingerprint-reader-not-just-for-looks\"&amp;gt;detection ring&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; and fingerprint sensing array, all built into the tactile iPhone 5s home button. \r\n\r\nApple is looking to position the new technology as a smarter way to secure a user's iPhone, noting many device owners use simply passcodes or none at all. \r\n\r\nThe home button packs in a 500ppi sensor capable of scanning sub-dermal layers of skin from a variety of angles, resulting in a more detailed, three-dimensional map of a fingerprint. The technology is, according to Apple, able to recognize multiple fingerprints, indicating that it may be used to give specific permissions to specific users.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/touchid-sensorconfig-20130910.jpg\" alt=\"Touch ID\" width=\"660\" height=\"396\" border=\"0\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\n\"All fingerprint [data] is encrypted,\" said Apple marketing chief Phil Schiller, \"and secured inside a secure enclave. It's never available to other to other software. It's never uploaded to Apple's servers or backed up to iCloud.\"\r\n\r\nWhereas the features of the &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/10/apple-unveils-new-iphone-5c-in-green-blue-red-yellow-white-starting-at-99\"&amp;gt;iPhone 5C&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; continually leaked up to Tuesday's announcement, the iPhone 5S remained something of a mystery. Only late into the run-up to its unveiling did the more concrete elements of the expected fingerprint sensor begin to emerge. \r\n\r\nJust days before Tuesday's reveal, &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/09/04/fingerprint-sensor-in-apples-iphone-5s-predicted-to-boost-mobile-commerce-enterprise-adoption\"&amp;gt;analysts were predicting&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; that the addition of a fingerprint sensor would likely boost mobile commerce and give Apple a leg up in security.  \r\n\r\nTouch ID can be used for passcodes to unlock the device as well as for iTunes account access, perhaps a first step into mobile payment authentication. Multiple fingerprints can be recognized by the system, which will allow for multi-user access. \r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/touchid-scan-fingerprint-20130910.jpg\" alt=\"Touch ID\" width=\"660\" height=\"396\" border=\"0\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nThe fingerprint sensor module is thought to be the product of Apple's &amp;lt;a href=\"http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/07/27/apple_to_acquire_security_firm_authentec_for_356m\"&amp;gt;$356 million acquisition&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; of AuthenTec in 2012."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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