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Craig Federighi: Apple Focused on Single-User Face ID, Touch ID Was Never Intended for Multiple Users

Amazing Iceman said:
A wireless phone is a personal device, just like underwear or a toothbrush. You don't go sharing it with other people.
And all three may carry viruses and bacteria.
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lol, ok

How much viruses or bacteria are on your keyboard, mouse, steering wheel?

How many toilets do you have in your house? Does everyone have their own personal one? Are they disinfected after each use?
 
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DeltaMac said:
If that was a real question - I guess you mean me? I have had four different fingers registered since I first started using a 5s. Fifth position is for my nose. (Yes, my nose), when I have my furry gloves on. :D
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This is genius. How the hell did I never hear of this before....

*leaving to enroll my nose*

This is going to look real weird!
 
Definitely will be an issue. It's annoying that two faces can't be used and I would be much more likely to buy more FaceID devices in future if this were sorted.
 
I doubt Apple wants multiple people logging in to the same account with equal privileges (which is what Touch ID inadvertently allows)

It would prevent iDevices gaining a stronger foothold in people's lives as their private, trusted device. When only one person can access the device, they're more comfortable stockpiling all their sensitive personal data and even assets there (health, financial, apple pay, apple cash, etc.,).

Having customers heavily invested in (and tied to) their personal iDevice is where Apple is headed.
 
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Some of you blow my mind. How can you have a great feature in multiple prior generation of apple phones, that is very useful and is now GONE, then defend the multi billion dollar company for taking it away? Are you stupid? Even if can not comprehend how its useful to some people, you should demand progress, not regression on everything they do. They can afford it, trust me.

It was one of the first things I noticed when I got my X, I have kids and I have a wife and its a draw back they cant just log in to play games or make a quick call with a profile saved to the phone via touch ID.

Craigs response is BS and is covering for the fact that either the tech is not there to support it, they didn't have time to implement it or most likely they are saving it as a bullet point as a "WOW" feature in the next phone. If it can save one face, why can it not save 2, or 3...
 
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avanpelt said:
Touch ID was never intended for multiple users? That's B.S. They built Touch ID to support five fingers. Who is going to register five of their own fingers for Touch ID?!
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Umm, me, and probably a lot of people with two hands that use their phone both in hand and on a desk? Thumbs for when you are holding it and index fingers for on the desk. Plus one bonus.
 
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If you continue to worship Apple Inc. after their siding with Donald J for Jackass Trump on the tax overhaul may you have a slow and painful trip to hell.
 
chelsel said:
I much prefer Touch ID for managing and accessing my kids devices. I'd hate to have to enter a passcode every time I needed to get into one of their phones.
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I’ve always wondered, would Multi-Device Management work in these cases? I don’t have a need for getting in multiple of other people’s phones, but this is something I’d look into if that was the case.
 
Arran said:
I doubt Apple wants multiple people logging in to the same account with equal privileges (which is what Touch ID inadvertently allows)

It would prevent iDevices gaining a stronger foothold in people's lives as their private, trusted device. When only one person can access the device, they're more comfortable stockpiling all their sensitive personal data and even assets there (health, financial, apple pay, apple cash, etc.,).

Having customers heavily invested in (and tied to) their personal iDevice is where Apple is headed.
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Kind of hard for apple to do that as long as locking is optional or just use a passcode
 
On that same note Apple Genius in Apple Store once told me that MacBook Air was never intended to run on battery, I should always have power cord plugged in (I got this schooling after I needed the 2nd battery replacement within 4 years and complained about battery life).
 
Man, I really liked not having to remember my wife's passcode because her was too complex. Plus, since you could store five prints, i included my toe print as one of the saved prints, in case i ever lost my hands... I found that comforting...
 
avanpelt said:
Touch ID was never intended for multiple users? That's B.S. They built Touch ID to support five fingers. Who is going to register five of their own fingers for Touch ID?!
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I actually have 2 setup on each hand. The idea of adding one more doesn’t blow my mind.
 
“Craig,

My wife and I don’t trust each other at all. When will Apple make it easier for us to spy on each other?”
 
avanpelt said:
Touch ID was never intended for multiple users? That's B.S. They built Touch ID to support five fingers. Who is going to register five of their own fingers for Touch ID?!
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I did and I wanted more than five fingers. I liked to be able to unlock my phone with any fingers especially when some of them were dirty from eating fried chicken. It might be just me.
 
diamond3 said:
Are you married? There are multiple times where my wife and I are using each others phones. She's busy doing something and asks me to respond to a text. I'm driving and have her respond or do something on my phone. It happens all the time.

What I don't get is everyone understands the convenience of not entering a passcode and using face id, yet few don't want to accept the convenience that adding this feature would be for others that obviously utilize it. Which way seems more convenient, adding multiple people on face ID or requiring everyone else to know and enter a passcode? They could even do something that tracks when a face was last used so you aren't giving someone else root access to change critical features without the passcode, but they do have access to open your phone.
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You are the minority
 
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avanpelt said:
Touch ID was never intended for multiple users? That's B.S. They built Touch ID to support five fingers. Who is going to register five of their own fingers for Touch ID?!
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iapplelove said:
I registered 4 out of 10 of mine. Both thumbs and both pointing fingers.
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Remy149 said:
I had 4 of my fingers both thumbs and index fingers
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reden said:
I registered 4 fingers, both thumb and pointer of both hands.
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4 is not the 5 the person you replied to asked about. Yikes

4 != 5
 
Multiple users have been available on iPad competitors forever. If its a computer replacement this is basic functionality.
 
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avanpelt said:
Touch ID was never intended for multiple users? That's B.S. They built Touch ID to support five fingers. Who is going to register five of their own fingers for Touch ID?!
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We have 10 fingers. I have 4 registered, 2 thumbs and 2 index
 
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