Face ID not Optimised for Banking App

[Gameboy70]

"At the moment Mobile Banking has not been optimised approved for Face ID. Therefore it has been Disabled."

Fixed.

 

[tromboneaholic]

I have zero idea what my passwords are anymore after letting Safari make up a password for me and save it so I will be in trouble.

I’m in the same boat. I’m fairly certain Apple will use Face ID for their own apps and services in iOS 11 in every instance we can currently use Touch ID. I like that they moved passwords out of safari and into its own section in settings. Face ID will work there. As a side note, I worry about my passwords that I know, as opposed to the safari created passwords.

 

[apolloa]

From your post it seemed as if you were concerned about privacy, and apps ‘seeing’ your facial expressions.

I never said that, I was pointing out how silly your post was.

 

[AustinIllini]

So, AustinIllini’s comment doesn’t really make sense. It’s not like FaceID is less secure because of the data that apps have access to.

I wish we lived in a world where cybersecurity were that simple. it's not. FaceID is unlikely to be as secure as TouchID.

 

[tromboneaholic]

I wish we lived in a world where cybersecurity were that simple. it's not. FaceID is unlikely to be as secure as TouchID.

Touch ID can be foiled by Gummy Bears. Face ID could very well be more secure.

 

[d123]

According to all the dev docs out there, there isn’t a way to disable one and not the other so the bank will have to put touchID on hold for all of its other users while they ‘warm up’ to the security of FaceID.
This is silly design, especially with the white paper that prove the false authentication rate of FaceID is 1:1,000,000 while it is only 1:5,000 for touchID and touchID can be programmed to multiple fingers, and even different people as it is only a finger of someone, no way to determine if they are all the same user or not. FaceID can only be used for and by one entity, adding to its effectiveness.

Looks like there are banking apps that are excluding the X from biometric login but still allowing TouchID on other devices.

Seems those that thought that couldn’t be done were wrong, or just misunderstood Apple...

So much for Apps that use TouchID just working with FaceId, my banking Apps need to update quick!

I'm having to input log in details every time, no other options. TSB and First Direct.

 

[FunkyTang]

FaceID works with the Bank of America app.

 

[scotio200]

So got my X today and the touch id/face id option isn't even in the app at all

If I check my 8 plus it's there, same version of app installed.

Looks like they can disable for types of phones

 

[d123]

FaceID works with the Bank of America app.

It should work for most banking apps (quite a few have already had updates), the debate was that some said just because an app worked with TouchID meant it would automatically work with FaceID, some posters were quite sure of this.

It now seems like they were wrong, as other posters have said, apps are simply not allowing biometric access on the X, but still allowing it on other iPhones with TouchID.

 

[ct2k7]

Looks like there are banking apps that are excluding the X from biometric login but still allowing TouchID on other devices.

Seems those that thought that couldn’t be done were wrong, or just misunderstood Apple...

I would say that they are wrong, banks are just applying code which says:

If device is not “iPhone X”, then use biometric authentication.

Biometric authentication (the API) doesn’t differentiate between TouchID or FaceId

 

[d123]

I would say that they are wrong, banks are just applying code which says:

If device is not “iPhone X”, then use biometric authentication.

Biometric authentication (the API) doesn’t differentiate between TouchID or FaceId

That’s exactly what the user on page 1 said they would do and a few other users who thought they knew better were saying it wouldn’t happen.