Since Microsoft introduced the iris recognition security feature, many had since then compared it with the well-known fingerprint recognition method. Now, we’re here to share with you guys our take on both security features and share our opinion as to which of these two truly feels more secure and is truly capable of protecting your phone.
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The league of fingerprint scanners
Fingerprint scanning is a still relatively new, to be  honest. The majority of smartphones that incorporate the feature are company flagship handsets and mid-rangers, which means that even budget-wise handsets aren’t exactly that fond with the feature yet.
Fingerprint recognition or fingerprint authentication has been closely one of the big security features of the newer generation of smartphones. The feature involves comparing the patterned ridges of our fingerprints, which then furrows on said fingerprints, analyzing all the patterns and gathering up the exact look of your finger’s ridges. Despite this very complex and in a way, the easy-to-understand process of how the fingerprint scanning process works, today’s scanners are still prone to mistakes.
Some scanners on smartphones tend to be inaccurate and even at times slow in the responding. This means that the feature itself has yet to be perfected and still has a few flaws in it.
Fingerprint recognition Pros
- Efficient (easy to unlock, even when the handset is in the pocket)
- Not light affected ( Iris scanners are often affected by direct sunlight
Fingerprint recognition Cons
- Tends to be inaccurate at times
- Non-quality scanners tend to have slower response time
The Iris Recognition feature and what it has in store
Microsoft recently introduced the Iris recognition feature in some of their newer Lumia handsets. They’re probably looking to innovate a few ideas in security and how it’ll make things easier for the user to protect his or her device and make things complicated for a potential theft, to access said device.
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The Iris scanning process, like the fingerprint recognition process, requires biometric data from the user. Unlike the fingerprint of a person, where traces of pattern and ridges could be duplicated, the iris of an eye is harder to duplicate, thus makes this method a very peculiar and hard nut to crack.
Its process is a quite similar to the fingerprint recognition process, but a bit more complicated in the data transferring part. The phone’s system records the subsequent data and turns them into codes and numbers, turning your physical biometric stats into digital ones and those data are neatly stored in the phone. These data are then used as a recognition key for the phone to fully activated and by comparing the gathered data, with your actual biometric information, it can easily determine whether it’s the same person or not.
Iris scanner Pros
- Harder to duplicate
- High-security function
Iris Scanner Cons
- Might have problems in direct sunlight
- Not as efficient as the fingerprint scanner
Which is more secure?
When comparing both security features and seeing as how the function accordingly with the reliability to a person’s biometric data, we can safely say that these twos are quite top-notch security functions, just by being able to save and recognize a person’s biometric stats.
Nevertheless, if security is what we’re talking about, it seems that the Iris scanner holds a better chance of protecting the phone since a person’s iris information can be recognized only as to one person only. The fingerprint scanner though wins by a landslide, when it comes to efficiency, thanks to its easy-to-use function via the touch of a fingertip.
What do you guys think? Which do you prefer as a functioning security feature, the fingerprint recognition process or the Iris recognition process? We’d love to hear your thoughts on the comment section, so please share them with us, if you may.
