Soon You Could Unlock Your Car With Your Fingerprint

Buyers of next year’s new Hyundai Santa Fe SUV will be the first to have access to tech that allows them to unlock and start the car with their fingerprint
Soon You Could Unlock Your Car With Your Fingerprint

Fingerprint-based entry and engine start systems will debut on a factory-built car next year after Hyundai confirmed the new safety and convenience tech for the Santa Fe.

Once a finger or thumb print is registered in the car’s memory, owners will be able to touch sensors on the door handle and open the locks without having to fetch the key. It’s not clear whether the key will need to be close to the car, as with current keyless entry systems, or whether the key is simply a backup option and could theoretically stay in the house.

Aftermarket systems have been available for years, but we expect an OE fitment to be a much slicker user experience.

Soon You Could Unlock Your Car With Your Fingerprint

A similar sensor will be mounted on the dashboards or centre console, allowing for a one-touch engine start – provided that your print is clean. It probably won’t work after you’ve just finished a Double Whopper and fries unless you clean your mitts first.

Apparently, the risk of the system mistaking the wrong fingerprint for the correct one is one in 50,000. An interesting extra security feature involves measuring the specific electrical current in your digit as it touches the sensor. In theory it overcomes the possibility of someone using a fake latex fingerprint.

Soon You Could Unlock Your Car With Your Fingerprint

A similar sensor will be mounted on the dashboards or centre console, allowing for a one-touch engine start – provided that your print is clean. It probably won’t work after you’ve just finished a Double Whopper and fries unless you clean your mitts first.

Apparently, the risk of the system mistaking the wrong fingerprint for the correct one is one in 50,000. An interesting extra security feature involves measuring the specific electrical current in your digit as it touches the sensor. In theory it overcomes the possibility of someone using a fake latex fingerprint.

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Comments

Sword_Az™

And then with your face…i see where all this is going

12/27/2018 - 08:41 |
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Rimac C_Two is unlocked by your face.

It also monitors your face as you drive, and adjusts the volume, changes radio station, driving modes, ambient lighting based on your facial expresions

12/27/2018 - 15:28 |
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Ali Mahfooz

Looks like the last two paragraphs are repeating. Or is it just me and my phone? 🤔

12/27/2018 - 09:03 |
38 | 0

Same here. I thought i was goind crazy for a second 😂

12/27/2018 - 09:20 |
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HinaXOX

This isn’t the best idea, someone could just search for a Fingerprint on the Car, put tape on it and open the car with said tape….

12/27/2018 - 09:35 |
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Texh exists where there would have to be a pulse detected, like the iphones, you cant do that

12/28/2018 - 00:01 |
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Wogmidget

What if you burn your fingers tho

12/27/2018 - 09:40 |
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I had a nightmare when I cut my finger tip and I couldn’t unlock my phone for nearly 2 weeks. Lol. Luckily I also the pattern so I was still able to unlock my phone while my finger tip recovered. 😅

12/27/2018 - 09:44 |
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there’ll propably still be a key for when the fingerprint reader doesnt work

12/27/2018 - 09:54 |
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Anonymous

So they don’t just steal your car, but cut your finger and then steal it? 😁

12/27/2018 - 09:48 |
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UnknownCat13

So if you live somewhere cold, you can’t unlock it with gloves on?

12/27/2018 - 10:14 |
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Twopoint0

Another pointless innovation that is prone to failure

12/27/2018 - 11:14 |
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Anonymous

Finger print scanning tech is a bit finicky. This could prove to be more problematic than helpful and should not be made ever.

12/27/2018 - 15:04 |
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Chewbacca_buddy (McLaren squad)(VW GTI Clubsport)(McLaren 60

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Me: gets a little dirt of finger
Touch ID:

12/27/2018 - 16:08 |
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RodriguezRacer456 (Aventador SV) (Lambo Squad)

Another pointless feature that will render your car unusable if it fails.

Car brands today are trying to solve problems that don’t exist.

12/27/2018 - 15:49 |
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Anonymous

The final of the article is repeated second time

12/27/2018 - 15:57 |
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