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FaceID is so terrible. It's hard to imagine a company based out of sunny California invented an authentication system that requires you to remove your sunglasse
by zionic 6y ago
FaceID is so terrible. It's hard to imagine a company based out of sunny California invented an authentication system that requires you to remove your sunglasses. It also sucks in any bright environment like say... the beach. Which they don't have much of in California of course. When the ambient IR is too high the sensor can't see it's own tracking dots on your face so it can't build the 3D mesh to authenticate you. To make matters worse, FaceID also fails if you have a face mask on which is particularly relevant today.
- kenneth 6y agoWorks perfectly fine in every pair of sunglasses I own.
- thebigspacefuck 6y agoWith iPhone you can set up an alternate appearance to work with accessories like glasses/sunglasses or I assume a mask, though both might make it less secure. Personally I love Face ID. There are times it won’t work like when I’m actively brushing my teeth or wearing a mask, but those are rare enough for me and there times you can’t use Touch ID either like if you’re wearing gloves. Ideally they would have Touch ID under the screen and you could use either one.
- briandear 6y agoHow should Face ID work with a mask that covers half or more of your face? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose?
- sn_master 6y agoExactly. That's why having an under glass fingerprint sensor is such a good idea.
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- ubercow13 6y agoOf course fingerprint sensors also fail in common situations like when your hand is sweaty or not clean, or the phone isn’t dry.