Kwiminyaka eliqela ngoku, abavelisi abohlukeneyo bakhethe ukukhusela iilaptops zabo ngokongeza isivamvo somnwe. Ngelixa kuyinyani oko ungakhululekanga ukuyisebenzisa njenge-ID ye-iPhone yeTouch, Iwenza ngokugqibeleleyo umsebenzi wayo kwaye isivumela ukuba sithintele ukufikelela kwi-PC yethu ngaphandle kweminwe yethu okanye ipassword, ukuba kufanelekile.
Ngexesha U-Apple akazange nje ongeze inzwa yeminwe kwizixhobo zayo Kwaye oku sele kungoku phantse kuzo zonke izixhobo eziphathwayo ezinentengiso esekwe kwi-iOS, ukuba sifuna ukukwazi ukuvula iMac yethu ngeminwe yethu kufuneka sibuyele kwizixhobo zomntu wesithathu.
Ukuba sidiniwe kukungena ngegama eligqithisiweyo lonke ixesha sivula iMac, sinokuthi sisebenzise izicelo zomntu wesithathu ezidityaniswe ne-iPhone ukuze kube kanye sikufutshane neMac oku kuvuliwe. Okanye sinokuxhasa isixhobo esitsha sokufuna imali kwiKickstarter ebizwa ngokuba yi-ID yeTouch.
I-ID yeTouch sisixhobo esidibanisa kwi-USB ye-Mac yethu (iyasebenza nakwi-PC) kunye nikuvumela ukuba uvule ngokuzenzekelayo iMac yakho ngokuswayipha umnwe wakho kwisenzi senzwa. Le nzwa ayisivumeli kuphela ukuvula ukufikelela kwi-Mac yethu kodwa ikwasivumela ukuba siyisebenzise njenge-1Password application.
Xa sikwiphepha lokufikelela kuyo nayiphi na inkonzo ecela igama lomsebenzisi kunye negama eligqithisiweyo, kufuneka siswayipha isivamvo ukuze amasimi azaliswe ngokuzenzekelayo lulwazi lwethu Ukuba ngaphambili besifakile kwaye siqwalaselwe kwisicelo ekhapha esi sixhobo.
I-iTouchID iya kufumaneka ngemibala eyahlukeneyo kwaye ngoku sinako sigcine iyunithi yethu i-99 yeedola zaseMelika. Imali iyonke efunekayo ukwenza le projekthi yi-NZ $ 73.000 kwaye ngoku banyusa phantse i-43.000 yeedola xa kusekho iintsuku ezili-18 zokugqiba iprojekthi khangela imali.