Samsung allows the development of applications based on fingerprint sensor in the Galaxy S 5

Provided the company " Samsung " application programming interface , API, especially to allow application
developers to use the fingerprint sensor reading in the smartphone " Galaxy S 5 " Pttabiqathm .

And launched the " Samsung " API called Pass API, which is the interface that will allow developers to embed the properties to use to read the fingerprint sensor is located in the new smartphone in their applications .

The company said that the application programming interface Pass API will help developers to provide properties in their applications , such as to know whether the current user of the device is the original owner or not via the request footprint .

It is expected to be a " PayPal " the first beneficiaries of those new interface , where the company has cooperated with " Samsung " to provide service access to user accounts across the footprint so as to confirm payment for the purchase of certain products on the Internet in some countries around the world .

It did not say " Samsung " the extent of the powers granted to developers with regard to access to the data on the fingerprint sensor , data that may threaten user privacy in the case was leaked to the second party .

The " Samsung " had indicated during the launch event phone " Galaxy S 5 " that the fingerprint sensor data will be stored secretly in the user's machine , and encrypted manner that does not allow any other party to see it .

It should be noted that the policy of " Samsung " by providing the possibility to launch applications based on sensor footprint , policy is completely different from the policy of its rival "Apple , " which launched smart phone " iPhone 5 S " sensor fingerprint last year , where the company decided to limit the use of the sensor on services only .