Apple trademarks using your fingerprints to call authorities

Apple has a registered trademark for using your fingerprints to call 911 . Yes, They are now having the easiest way to alert the authorities.

Although it is also possible through the lock screen on IOS devices. It is not smart while the attacker seeing the user dialing his/her phone.

"The user may program the electronic device to recognize input entered with a particular sequence of fingers, such as pinky-ring-pinky, as a command to make an emergency call," the patent states.

The feature of this new program is to bypass passwords and log-in screens it may also alert the authorities. The program will automatically pull a live audio or video and tell the user's whereabouts.

Apple is making its SOS feature easy about the users to contact the emergency services quick .






source: money.cnn.com/2017/07/18/technology/apple-patent-fingerprint-911/index.html