New patent shows how Touch ID may be Apple’s Dropbox killer

Touch ID might have been better in concept than as a practical security measure, but as with any template for future designs, Apple’s fingerprint scanner is just the beginning of the company’s exploration of biometrics. According to a recent patent, Apple wants to enable a wider range of functionality using your fingers, your eyes and even your voice in the future. The patent suggests that the owner of a device could store any user’s biometric data within the device and then restrict or allow access to certain features depending on the user’s identification. “Given the prevalence of electronic devices [...] that store data in the modern world, many users may own and/or utilize more than one such electronic device,” says

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