Biometrics for all: Samsung looking to expand fingerprint scanning


Samsung is planning to integrate fingerprint scanners into all of its smartphones and tablets and not just save the technology for flagship phone customers. 

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the company's senior vice-president, Rhee In-jong, confirmed that Samsung wants to add the extra layer of security to all of its mobile devices and that soon fingerprint scanning would be joined by iris scanning too. 

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