Well, if it *did* happen that thumbless person can now by an iPhone X and use Face ID
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Apple's Face ID Feature Works With Most Sunglasses, Can Be Quickly Disabled to Thwart Thieves
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I've yet to see impact of using faceID hundreds of times per day in battery life. Me personally, unlock my phone around 10-15 times per hour. Using the front camera and all that sensors every time you unlock your phone. Let's wait and see...
That's easy to fix. Just uproot your life and change jobs to a place where your co-workers aren't a**h****.
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But what if someone cut off your face and transplants it on himself like the Faceoff movie?
+one on this one--take my money-iPhone, whatever--just leave
Yes, that "glitch" on stage did so much damage to Apple's reputation that people are selling their stock and tossing iPhones into the trash. So much damage that Apple has dropped from being worth a trillion dollars to a few million. So much damage that not a single iPhone X will sell if they don't immediately cover it up. Yes. That is why they're desperately trying to make it sound like something that utterly failed was a simple mistake because...it couldn't have possibly been a simple mistake. It couldn't possibly have been exactly what they say it was. Apple would never tell the truth! Luckily, we have posters like you, there to expose Apple for the lying evil company it is and stop us from...(shiver)...buying its phones. Yes, if your an idiot maybe! Look seriously though, most thefts are opportunistic and therefore carried out by theirs who don't use violence.
They just see the phone, grab it and make off.
They are not prepared or willing to risk that the phone owner knows how to handle themselves.
Career thieves are another matter but sadly you just do the best you can in a situation like that and if someone is determined to grab your phone then do not risk your life if they are violent and stop moaning!
Hand the phone over and deal with it afterwards.
Again, if you have fears that the police force where you are might do that, then you need to go with a password. Seriously. If you think that you may have your rights violated, then do what you need to do to secure your data.
This is no less secure than Touch ID.
those who doubt Apple don't know the company well. they think of all these scenarios. and to those who think a thief is going to grab the phone and hold it up to your face and then run are nuts - the thief is going to grab it and run - he/she isn't going to have time to do all the things necessary to unlock it.
Touch ID or face id, if you’re using you’re phone and it’s unlocked and a ne’er dowel grabs the phone it’s already unlocked.
Concerns:
People showing it into your face because it unlocks faster then you might be able to look away when realising what they are doing.
Battery life of using infrared light (light=alot of energy), quite some cpu power probaly for analyzing your face and for the camera, every time again when unlocking your X.
Angles of it working. I hope it will work from a desk.
Very bright sun that forces you to close your eyes halfly and the infrared it emits might mess with the unlocks.
No concerns:
iPhone thieves. Does that really still happen alot? What use is there to steal a iphone wich will be rendered useless after you lock it online. Not even a restore will make it work.
People showing it into your face because it unlocks faster then you might be able to look away when realising what they are doing.
Battery life of using infrared light (light=alot of energy), quite some cpu power probaly for analyzing your face and for the camera, every time again when unlocking your X.
Angles of it working. I hope it will work from a desk.
Very bright sun that forces you to close your eyes halfly and the infrared it emits might mess with the unlocks.
No concerns:
iPhone thieves. Does that really still happen alot? What use is there to steal a iphone wich will be rendered useless after you lock it online. Not even a restore will make it work.
It's really the same thing. Pick up phone and swipe vs. pick up phone and press home button. Not very difficult.
Nah, they don't ask for phones as far as I've seen. I think people are getting worked up over nothing for the most part, over maybe one news story out of the thousands of interactions people have with police that are just simple conversations.
If you're not fast enough to disable it, then they just point it at your face to unlock it. Works perfectly while your hands are ductaped or handcuffed behind your back.... thanks Tim Cook!
Most people fail to realize that they are constantly being recorded by one or more security cameras. Even without access to security footage, if someone is targeting you specifically, you will be recorded by long range high resolution high fps camera. Passwords are not secure anymore.
Face ID is the step in the right direction. It uses relatively strong biometric verification, and requires intention to unlock, which was Touch ID weak point. With Touch ID, anyone can use your finger to unlock without your consent. With Face ID, torture is mandatory. There is no way to force a person to look at the camera if he doesn't want to.
On the second thought, in theory, they could knock you out, glue your eyelids to keep your eyes open, and use needles to position your eyeballs for unlock.
It won't work while sleeping as FaceID is attention-aware, i.e. you've got to be looking at the device to unlock it with FaceID
On a side note, it's bothering me that Craig signed his email off as "- craig" without capitalizing his name.
Yea that's bothering me too. Let's start a full
thread, get it on social media, and make it so I can see it on the 11 o'clock news!!!
C'mon please! This is important
Living as a Black or Brown person in America. Sometimes that's all it takes.
See above.
Also, more people in this country should be concerned about overreach on the part of police, customs agents, and other governmental authorities. I'm not only talking about what's technically legal, but what's tacitly allowed (or encouraged) by supervisors and coworkers.
What happened to this family was all perfectly legal, and the only reason they got so much as a half-assed apology from the police was because of the public uproar. But during their detention/arrest, their phones were all confiscated by the police.
None of us have to be doing anything "wrong" to be concerned about our privacy. It's an inherent right that we should continue to guard zealously.
I only unlock my phone under a blanket like Edward Snowden.
(not really, that was a joke)
This would be just fine on a Mac or iPad--not so much iPhone. I rarely stare at my phone while unlocking it that's the convenience of touch id. Having the option of "trusted" bluetooth/nfc devices (like the Apple Watch) or wifi spaces would be nice.