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[Abazigal]

Locking your phone via your watch is only useful in the above scenario IF you're AWAKE to respond to the unlock. So you haven't fully tried this properly - not in a deep/REM sleep stage.

Apple Watch Unlocks a connected iphone in the same room or home as long as in bluetooth range - OR on same WiFi access point. I've specifically gone through this myself and an ex personally. I didn't do anything wrong in the relationship, just a psycho/clingy ex reaching out for a long-shot,hopefully-booty-call which was denied when brought to my attention. Ex is an Ex for a reason and the recent one - lack of trust

The difference with Touch ID is you need to guess amongst 10 fingers which is the right one
Watch Unlock you don't need to guess and also TouchID nor FaceID to unlock is needed.

Think this through, you'll see how right I am

I am sorry to hear about your unfortunate experience with your ex.

For the watch unlock, I don't have the habit of sleeping with my watch on, so anyone wishing to unlock my phone in this manner would need to first place the watch on my wrist, as well as know both my watch and my phone passcodes (in which case he / she would have been able to access my phone anyways).

As for touch-ID, I am guessing that the majority will scan their thumbs, followed by their index fingers, as these are the digits most commonly resting on the phone / iPad when in use.

There is no foolproof solution here. Both features make reasonable tradeoffs in terms of security in order to ensure maximum degree of convenience for the end users, and my only conclusion is that they can either amplify the ramifications of a good or a bad relationship.

 

[DeepIn2U]

********. Modern ultrasonic fingerprint sensors (like in s22) work great.
Small punch hole cameras (like in s22) are barely noticeable. It's ≈7-8 times smaller and much less distracting than the iPhone notch.
notch/faceid has a bigger amount of compromises in a phone compared to fingerprint scanner:

• more expensive
• takes much more space inside the phone
• spoils the look/design (looks ugly)
• impairs the informativity (e.g. there is no place to display battery percentage or silent mode indicator)
• can be distracting while watching movies
• can be distracting while playing games
• slower and less convenient when paying stuff with applepay in shops
• it requires an additional swipe from bottom to unlock phone (touchid/fingerprint_scanners provide an instant unlocking experience)

fingerprint scanners are better in every aspect.
faceid is good for tablets where you can hide it in the bezel but not for phones. There is just no place for it.

@Tagbert sorry but @bejib66000 is right except the last point. You don't need to swip from the bottom for ApplePay, but you do need to do this to unlock = meaning 2 steps vs 1 for TouchID.

I'm VERY curious if full independent testing for ultrasonic TouchID to unlock a phone is just as secure as FaceID claimed by Apple, and if Apple thought we cannot sell ultrasonic TouchID as the competition already has this, so what about we go with FaceID? lol

 

[DeepIn2U]

Yes, Apple does offer some options that trade a reduced security for greater convenience. Unlock with Watch is one. Unlock with mask is another. Users are free to choose the right blend of security and convenience for them.

Unfortunately with WatchOS currently users do NOT get to chose the level of security, just the convenience of more telemetrics and real-time health data or not. security isn't a choice level its Do or Don't. to me that's not a choice that's being forced into a forked road, a BIG difference.

 

[mrochester]

They can simply replace notch/faceid with under-screen ultrasonic touchid.

But why would you want something worse than Face ID though?