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Apple is on the lookout for a software engineer to join the fingerprint sensor team it acquired last year.

A new patent reveals that the iPhone passcode screen could be replaced by more secure fingerprint, eye and facial recognition methods.

The next iPhone could have NFC-enabled mobile payments with fingerprint security from Australian firm Microlatch, according to reports.

Apple may be mum on future plans, but it's hard even for them to hide the acquisition of a fingerprint scanning technology company.