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Touch ID is a fingerprint recognition feature, designed and released by Apple Inc., and is currently available on the iPhone 5S, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPad Air 2, iPad Pro, and the iPad Mini 3 and iPad Mini 4. Apple says Touch ID is heavily integrated into iOS devices, allowing users to unlock their device, as well as make purchases in the various Apple digital media stores (iTunes Store, the App Store, iBookstore), and to authenticate Apple Pay online or in apps. On announcing the feature, Apple made it clear that the fingerprint information is stored locally in a secure location on the Apple A7 (in iPhone 5S and iPad mini 3 (APL0698)), A8 (in iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus and iPad Mini 4), or A8X (in iPad Air 2) and A9X in iPad Pro chip rather than being stored remotely on Apple servers or in iCloud, making it very difficult for external access. ==History== Only a few other smartphone makers have built fingerprint scanning into their phones, as with the Motorola Mobility Atrix 4G in 2011 and the Samsung Galaxy Alpha 4G in 2014, although none of them were implemented into the operating system like Touch ID. The iPhone 5S is the first phone on a major US carrier since then to feature the technology. In 2012, Apple acquired AuthenTec, a company focused on fingerprint reading and identification management software, for $356 million.〔 Since then, people have expected a fingerprint reading feature.〔 A leak on September 3, 2013, suggested that the feature would be coming to the iPhone, while an alleged user guide showing the feature leaked just hours before the announcement came. Wells Fargo analyst Maynard Um predicted on September 4, 2013, that a fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5S would help mobile commerce and boost adoption in the corporate environment. "As consumers increasingly rely on mobile devices to transact and store personal data, a reliable device-side authentication solution may become a necessity", Um said.〔 Apple's Vice President of Marketing, Phil Schiller, announced the feature at Apple's iPhone media event on September 10, 2013,〔 spending several minutes (the last major portion of the conference) discussing the feature. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Touch ID」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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