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Security flaw with face ID
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How is that any different that someone grabbing your phone, and you to auth by fingerprint?
No security system is impenetrable. The only question that matters: is it good enough?
No security system is impenetrable. The only question that matters: is it good enough?
What!!!! so a thief grabs your phone a you r going to put your finger on it to open it for them, how nice are you !!!
If Face ID works as fast as Touch ID 2nd gen, you wouldn't even have enough time to look away or block your face. If it doesn't, well, that's not ideal for everyday use.Just look at the thief and not the phone when he puts it in front of your face
yeah im sure they, and their lawyers, havent thought through every. possible. scenario.
Maybe there can be a "Siri, go into lockdown." where it disables any auth but a complicated process which is difficult to do quickly - for emergencies or privacy. And the voice recog can also be imprinted into secure enclave.
I wouldn’t be worried for thief, but more from law enforcement or border patrol in more dangerous countries ... In ios 11 you can click the power button 5 times to deactivate touch id, im sure they will implement that feature on the iPhone x to deactivate face id...
From a law enforcement stand point a simple "Is this your phone?" Question unlocks your phone. Allowing law enforcement to look through the "open" phone.
We just need to develop quicker/better reflexes. This is like the basilisk from Chamber of Secrets, just don't glance at it directly.
This is why you have insurance.
Stop worrying so much for the chances like this to happen.
Live your life
God I need some coffee
Stop worrying so much for the chances like this to happen.
Live your life
God I need some coffee
Add to that the fact that they'd still need your passcode to unlock it a second time or disable any of the other security features.
Obviously a lot of people in here learned nothing from the movie FaceOff.. Brothers... daughters... all fooled quite easily.
Or here is a really wide thought, don't leave your phone laying about if there is the chance someone could take it. It is hard for me to imagine the amount of energy people use up thinking of all these never going to happen scenarios. It must be nice to have so much free time.
LOL. I would pull out my Glock and request they returned it.
LMFAO. Only in 2017 do we hear stories of thieves taking your phone, forcing you to look into it, and then briskly skipping into the sunset.
Seriously though, in what world are you so defenseless a thief can take your phone, make you look into it AND get away? What?
Seriously though, in what world are you so defenseless a thief can take your phone, make you look into it AND get away? What?
Security flaw with pin code, thief threatens you with a knife and makes you enter pin.
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I’m not a pedo/terrorist so I’m not that worried.
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I’m not a pedo/terrorist so I’m not that worried.
Macrumors posted an article a few weeks ago talking about a security feature of the iPhone X, or maybe it was in the keynote, if someone were to have your phone and their hands were on the volume buttons and/Or sleep/wake button, it won’t use FaceID. Otherwise people handing you your phone back would cause it to unlock.
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Or you can press the Side Button, Volume Up and Down buttons all at once to only allow a passcode for entry on the iPhone X