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Gurman: Face ID on the Mac Coming Within a 'Couple of Years'
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I'm not sure if I'm understanding correctly, but how do you use touchid when your laptop is in clamshell mode? Also, it would just another option, you can keep your camera covered if you don't want to have it enabled all the time.
Sort of like the Pegasus spyware that was recently found on 37 iPhones of journalists and other people of interest? I bet they didn't even know it's there...
I still dont understand why the entire lineup doesnt have the power button touchid from the iPad Air, it’s fantastic
Craig Federighi repeatedly said they don’t want to change the openness of macOS and that, in fact, the way iOS and iPadOS are built allows them to keep macOS open and complex. He also mentioned that sideloading is not going away on Macs. So, no, they are not building towards it. I don‘t see why any of the apps you mention are going to be in jeopardy, unless Apple sherlocks them. Like, Shortcuts may endanger Hazel and, in some way, iCloud Private Relay and limiting tracking may reduce the need for Little Snitch for some people (even though they are very different) but this supposed “lockdown” you mention isn’t happening with M1 macs (which was the best opportunity to do so if they really wanted) and most likely not happening anytime soon.
…a cheap 2D or IR camera is nowhere near the same level of tech or security of VCEL based depth mapping.
Windows Hello is simply “this kind of looks like you, come on in to the device”. It’s up to the OEMs to decide what camera or IR equipment they use, and as usual, it’s the cheapest possible hardware they go with.
FWIW, this prediction is a also a nice way of saying that Face ID won’t be on the new 14 and 16” MBP Apple Silicon models.
Yeah, because a spyware that was installed by secret agencies on a few devices and discovered is the same as installing tracking software on millions of devices by default.
Nowhere near the same tech or the same level of security. Have you seen Windows Hello being used for monetary transactions? No? Say hi to your grandparents.
Oh right, I was slow. So it's pretty safe to say that face recognition will not replace touch ID anyway. I'm sure there are people out there that welcome it as an additional option.
Man... this is such a safe statement, anybody could say that and be right about it.
It shouldn't really make the headlines...
It shouldn't really make the headlines...
Apple had FaceID in 2017. There are obviously other reasons for not adopting the tech on the Mac. Could have been done 4 years ago. You think they are stumped? 😂
the fact that the term "sideloading" is used to describe the act of downloading an installer and installing an app on the computer is more than a red flag. Craig is just one person. He can be gone tomorrow like Lattner.
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not if they wanted people to actually make the transition. I believe there would have been a lot of resistance. Hi, here is the new Mac. If your favorite apps arent in the App Store, you won't be using them anymore.
I am guessing you do not use Hazel or Little Snitch because you don't seem to grasp what they can do..
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