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I'm super excited to see them figure out/be comfortable with a detached Touch ID. I've wanted my watch to be set as a Touch ID, or my wireless keyboard for my
by TameAntelope 6y ago
I'm super excited to see them figure out/be comfortable with a detached Touch ID.
I've wanted my watch to be set as a Touch ID, or my wireless keyboard for my mac mini, and historically Apple seemed like they'd only allow physically attached Touch ID. With this product, it looks like they're providing a Touch ID keyboard that's wireless. I'm very curious how that works logistically, and if they'll make the keyboards compatible with other Apple products.
- faitswulff 6y agoI’d love to see Face ID on a Mac next.
- nostromo 6y agoYes. And automatically log in to the right user account on shared Macs.
- PascLeRasc 6y agoIn the keynote they mentioned that Touch ID would switch user profiles, so I think this is coming too.
- adrr 6y agoThey could even use it for the screen saver/auto lock functionality so the computer doesn’t lock because I am staring at code for 5 minutes.
- MikeCapone 6y agoHopefully it'll be on the larger model. I think they may segment it as "iMac Pro"
- O_o_O_o_0 6y agoeh FaceID is more like a software feature rather than hardware, even a basic windows laptop these days have it
- mholm 6y agoThey have facial recognition, but Face ID involves a complicated array of sensors and an IR projector to create a 3D mapping of your face. Iirc, the module is fairly expensive to produce which is why we aren’t seeing it on more products.
- yunohn 6y agoMacOS already supports TouchID -> Watch for Unlock. Also for sudo [1]. So this is a good evolution of that! [1] https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/259093/can-touch-id-for-the-mac-touch-bar-authenticate-sudo-users-and-admin-privileges/306324#306324 https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/259093/can-touch-i...
- FPGAhacker 6y agoI was super happy to see that option for sudo, and it worked great. Until MacOS reverted it. Not sure if I did an update or what, but the change was undone.
- patrickmcnamara 6y agoIt is reset every time MacOS updates. Quite annoying but you can just set it again.
- extra88 6y agoI have a shell script that runs at every boot and replaces the config change if it's missing.
- tW4r 6y agoNow only if I could somehow use the Secure Enclave on my Apple Watch to store webauthn and other u2f authentications, so the device I have on me most of the time could act like yubikey
- scrumbledober 6y agoI was really hoping they would add touchID to the magic trackpad. I love my trackpad but there's no way I'm trading in my nice mechanical keyboard for a magic keyboard, and I doubt they'll add it to both peripherals.
- liminalsunset 6y agoIs them releasing a keyboard (detached and presumably replaceable) with a Touch ID sensor basically an admission that the iPhone Touch ID did NOT have to be permanently paired to the phone to keep it secure? Because in this case you can replace the keyboard and keep it secure, which contains the Touch ID sensor.
- kmeisthax 6y agoI would not be surprised if the sensor is permanently paired to the keyboard's controller chip, and then there's a load of security involved there to keep you from swapping the sensor on the keyboard itself. Still, better to replace a $100 wireless keyboard than a $1200 computer.
- neurostimulant 6y agoThe keyboard probably has a T2 or similar chip, or even basically an apple watch without a screen.
- Toutouxc 6y agoTwo months until someone runs Doom on that :)