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What does my twin brother see when I hand him my phone?

• zaroth 9y ago
  Even identical twins might not have facial features (due to body fat percentage differences or sun exposure) which are close enough to fool it. It's an interesting question how exactly the device switches to the remote profile mode versus an "authentication failed" route. If the profile has never existed on the device you'll need permission from someone who is live on the device (in other words you need to get past the lock screen) to retrieve a new profile. But if two profiles are live on a device owned by identical twins who can't be distinguished by FaceID -- perhaps detected by trying to authenticate the human to both profiles and seeing if both pass -- you're going to need a PIN (or something else) to distinguish them.
  • rburhum 9y ago
    Honestly, I am waiting to see how FaceID works for various use cases. Just me, without a twin, change beards all the time (shave it, grow it, shape it, etc). I have also have friends who do contact sports (brazilian juijitsu) and trust me, their ears change shape all the time. I dont have any personal friends that box, but man, I can also see that not working so well.
• danielharrison 9y ago
  He doesn't. You turn the feature off.
  • ehsankia 9y ago
    Well since it doesn't have touchid, you're pretty much back to using a pin/password, so back 5+ years ago
• rodorgas 9y ago
  Apple said in presentation you can't use FacialID if you have a (evil) twin.