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iPhone X a safety risk for automobile drivers and pedestrians and victims of robberies?

Starfyre

Starfyre

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The iPhone X is a safety hazard and risk to driving. Sure, as a responsible driver you shouldn't be texting and driving in the first place... but with Face ID, your phone is designed to require you to look at the phone to want to unlock it.

More people could want to steal iPhone X's by waiting for people to be focused with their face on the phone for an initial unlock.

Pedestrians may have more accidents due to not focusing on the road they are walking across when their phone accidentally locks and they want to use FaceID.

What do you guys think? Is this not really a bigger risk than other touch ID phones?
 
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You can make it so that it unlocks without having the user to look at the phone.

That way you can unlock the phone safely.
 
LoveToMacRumors said:
You can make it so that it unlocks without having the user to look at the phone.

That way you can unlock the phone safely.
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You mean, to stare at the screen to enter a passcode as opposed to touching a finger on a home button in prior phones so your eyes can keep focus on the road?
 
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Starfyre said:
The iPhone X is a safety hazard and risk to driving. Sure, as a responsible driver you shouldn't be texting and driving in the first place... but with Face ID, your phone is designed to require you to look at the phone to want to unlock it.

More people could want to steal iPhone X's by waiting for people to be focused with their face on the phone for an initial unlock.

Pedestrians may have more accidents due to not focusing on the road they are walking across when their phone accidentally locks and they want to use FaceID.

What do you guys think? Is this not really a bigger risk than other touch ID phones?
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I swear you post some of the craziest **** lol
 
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Starfyre said:
The iPhone X is a safety hazard and risk to driving. Sure, as a responsible driver you shouldn't be texting and driving in the first place... but with Face ID, your phone is designed to require you to look at the phone to want to unlock it.

More people could want to steal iPhone X's by waiting for people to be focused with their face on the phone for an initial unlock.

Pedestrians may have more accidents due to not focusing on the road they are walking across when their phone accidentally locks and they want to use FaceID.

What do you guys think? Is this not really a bigger risk than other touch ID phones?
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Your worried about the one or two seconds it takes to unlock while driving but not worried about the 30 seconds someone will look at their phone after it's unlocked?
 
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then you better rip out the radio the speedometer fuel gauge... well better rip out the entire dash board so you wont have anything to look at while driving. or just mount the phone on the dash pointing at your face so it stays unlocked. that way you also dont need to take your hands off the wheel so often.
 
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that and I believe driving apps like maps stay on screen and prevent the phone from locking thus you do not need to keep looking at the phone
 
Starfyre said:
The iPhone X is a safety hazard and risk to driving. Sure, as a responsible driver you shouldn't be texting and driving in the first place... but with Face ID, your phone is designed to require you to look at the phone to want to unlock it.

More people could want to steal iPhone X's by waiting for people to be focused with their face on the phone for an initial unlock.

Pedestrians may have more accidents due to not focusing on the road they are walking across when their phone accidentally locks and they want to use FaceID.

What do you guys think? Is this not really a bigger risk than other touch ID phones?
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I think you come up with some pretty wild provocative posts. A lot of them.

You should only have to glance at the X and not stare at it for minutes to get it to unlock. IF is works the way Apple says, it should unlock as fast as finger ID.
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WinterWolf90 said:
I swear you post some of the craziest **** lol
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Amen!
 
Starfyre said:
The iPhone X is a safety hazard and risk to driving. Sure, as a responsible driver you shouldn't be texting and driving in the first place... but with Face ID, your phone is designed to require you to look at the phone to want to unlock it.

More people could want to steal iPhone X's by waiting for people to be focused with their face on the phone for an initial unlock.

Pedestrians may have more accidents due to not focusing on the road they are walking across when their phone accidentally locks and they want to use FaceID.

What do you guys think? Is this not really a bigger risk than other touch ID phones?
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Not really, you shouldn't be using the phone in the first place while driving anyway BY ALL MEANS... The fines for even touching the phone at the slightest in australia is easily 400-500aud+
Simple logic. The problem doesn't lie with the phone's design, it lies with the actual user expecting too much out of it.
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Starfyre said:
You mean, to stare at the screen to enter a passcode as opposed to touching a finger on a home button in prior phones so your eyes can keep focus on the road?
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Again you should not be touching the phone at anytime while operating vehicle... By touching the home button you lose focus of your driving already and it falls under the same category as using the phone + driving [which again leads to fines, especially in Australia a hefty amount]. They even fine you if you're static and using phone on roads so... again user error, not the phone's design.
 
IMO FaceID could be the next big thing, or just a gimmick. The reality is you can login in less than a second with your fingerprint, how much more convenient is it to lift the phone and look at it?
 
DNichter said:
Please stop. Any phone is a risk while driving. Robbers can put a gun to your head and force you to enter a passcode, use your finger, or look at the phone. These threads are so pointless.
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OP is pretty much an attention seeker nuff said. either that or he/she has way too much free time to create contradicting threads lol..

"use common sense 101" - it might make community discussion much more pleasurable to some extent.
 
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DNichter said:
Please stop. Any phone is a risk while driving. Robbers can put a gun to your head and force you to enter a passcode, use your finger, or look at the phone. These threads are so pointless.
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If you read the OP, you would see the question is not about risk in general, but safety risk of FaceID compared to TouchID phone. Any robber can do this in either situation, but which one poses the higher risk.
 
Starfyre said:
If you read the OP, you would see the question is not about risk in general, but safety risk of FaceID compared to TouchID phone. Any robber can do this in either situation, but which one poses the higher risk.
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Equal risk. Either can be forced, and either can be disabled with a quick button combo.
 
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If I was being robbed, my phone is the last thing I'd be concerned about seriously. Just take my stuff and leave me alone. Stop messing with your phone while driving.
 
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Starfyre said:
If you read the OP, you would see the question is not about risk in general, but safety risk of FaceID compared to TouchID phone. Any robber can do this in either situation, but which one poses the higher risk.
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Ridiculous comparision. Robbers could always cut your hand off for touch id at their leisure. Haven't heard of that happening.
 
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People are already glued to the phones as they walk across the street with out looking both ways.

Your concern is nothing new. People will continue to be stupid and do stupid things.
 
Starfyre said:
If you read the OP, you would see the question is not about risk in general, but safety risk of FaceID compared to TouchID phone. Any robber can do this in either situation, but which one poses the higher risk.
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So that phone somehow will never lock? The robber is going to continually make sure it doesn't lock?

Come on man, this is just stupid.
 
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