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Apple Applies For i Key Patent To Secure The i Wallet

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Apple created a sensation in the mobile phone industry through their iconic iphone, which for many is a portable digital camera, an GPS tracker, music player, internet surfer, game player or a combination of all in the form of a phone. The uses are many and vivid and the company keep trying to put more and more features into this cool device.


If the informations are to be believed the company is now planning to make your iphone more secure. The phone now has got a locking system for the home page interface in the form of a digital password lock using numbers ranging from 1 to 9. However the company feels that it is much more serious an issue while dealing with the security of your i-wallet. This feature is nothing less than your bank account so has to be more secure. So Apple has decided to invent a new locking system to protect your i-wallet to keep your funds safe. The system which they applied for a patent uses the combination of numbers ranging from 1 to 46  and it means 91,125 possible iterations. However the pass-code will be of 3 numbers. Don't you think it a safe move? Let's wait for a more secure phone in the up coming iphone edition iphone 4G.


Source: Gizmodo

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