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Just some wild speculation.. Seems logical to keep the paired authentication device on the main body (those which have swapped parts on the iPhone would sympat

by quitit 5y ago

Just some wild speculation.. Seems logical to keep the paired authentication device on the main body (those which have swapped parts on the iPhone would sympathise with this.) Would faceid on a laptop offer something that touchid didn’t? It seems like touch-id might be better for many of the same reasons people give for having fingerprint sensors on the back of android phones. As an anecdote: people like me use a laptop in a multi-display setup, the smaller laptop screen faces my side: good for touch-id, less so for face-id. The problem is worsened as I don’t sit close to said screens - faceid would likely fail for being too far away or simply miss my head entirely.

mthoms 5y ago
>Seems logical to keep the paired authentication device on the main body This is actually a great point, and one that I hadn't thought of. AFAIK, the touch id sensor is part of the secure enclave hardware. Connecting it to a physically "external", peripheral that is connected by wires might introduce some security concerns. At any rate, one has to laugh at Apple's public explanation. >As an anecdote: people like me use a laptop in a multi-display setup Same here, but we are extreme edge cases in that regard. And at any rate, I'd expect them to have fingerprint sensors as well, just like other high-end laptops.