There's a missing link between "third-party apps have access to the depth sensor data" and "depth sensor data is used to identify your face for FaceID". The iOS

There's a missing link between "third-party apps have access to the depth sensor data" and "depth sensor data is used to identify your face for FaceID". The iOS biometric authentication API is basically just a call for the OS to check your information and return whether or not it succeeded [1]. Third parties can't just take the biometric data and use it to bypass your authentication without having physical access to your phone. [1] https://developer.apple.com/documentation/localauthentication https://developer.apple.com/documentation/localauthenticatio...