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There's surprising support here for the faceid stuff, despite it's clearly made to normalize using biometric data for everything and make one step towards the s
by gmantg 6y ago
There's surprising support here for the faceid stuff, despite it's clearly made to normalize using biometric data for everything and make one step towards the survelliance state. But let's pretend we are more concerned with security of this approach: how is it better than a ring with a chip you'd wear and use for auth? If this identity is compromised, you could just get another ring. And you wouldn't need to give your real identity to apple.
- threentaway 6y agoAll biometric processing happens locally. You aren't sending your fingerprint or face, they simply unlock the private key in the enclave.
- gmantg 6y agoSure, at this point Apple's solution likely works this way: they care about their reputation. But even a secure faceid opens the Pandora box: today it's just iPhone users, 5 years later it's everywhere, including in solutions from Huawei and 10 years later it's the law. Afaik, Delta airlines already trying to use faceid. And once faceid is required to buy gas and groceries, your complete and nuanced dossier will be available for sale on all these data exchange brokerages. In this beautiful future, faceid is needed to unlock any car and it would play you ads for 3 mins while it's starting.
- planb 6y ago> How is it better than a ring with a chip you'd wear and use for auth? Normal people would actually use it. And this is in fact not different. The phone IS the ring. You just unlock it using your biometrics (and of course, the data is NOT given to Apple)