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My Younger Brother Can Access My iPhone X: Face ID Is Not Secure
- x14 9y agoNo one should use FaceID OR TouchID to unlock their phone. For App Store Authentication, sure, because at that point it's just a second factor after you've already entered a passcode. Unless you're one of those "nothing to hide" type people, use a passcode, or better a password/phrasee.
- lathiat 9y agoHave you considered how easy it is to observe you entering your password over your shoulder? Or from a camera above.
- matthewmacleod 9y agoYour passcode is almost certainly easier to divine than your fingerprint or face scan.
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- serveboy 9y agoSuggestion : let the user select a confidence level at which FaceID unlocks the phone. This would allow the user to decrease false positives at the cost of false negatives. Not very Apple to expose settings, but in this case it seems like a no Brainerd, much like choosing between 4 or 6 digit pins.
- zimpenfish 9y agoWould be nice to have an actual demonstration rather than a bare assertion in the middle of an Apple-bashing post.
- CodeWriter23 9y agoFalse positives via family members is a documented shortcoming of the technology. https://images.apple.com/business/docs/FaceID_Security_Guide.pdf https://images.apple.com/business/docs/FaceID_Security_Guide...
- zimpenfish 9y agoOh yeah but it's still a claim that needs documenting - especially in a distinctly anti-Apple rant.
- joe_g_young 9y agoIt seems to me like the face ID functionality acts more like a 'no pin' option at unlock but still have a pin in case. Too bad that Apple dropped the finger print scanner though.
- loriverkutya 9y agoFrom the comments: "unfortunately I didn’t think about recording a video it at the time. If I get the opportunity to in the future I will. For now, you’ll just have to take my word for it. He was only able to get in twice. Didn’t test any further after the second time." I would happy to take his word for it, but without any proof his words are just dust and moonshine in a rant.