AppleInsider:
With the introduction of the iPhone X and Face ID, some are concerned that Apple’s new biometric system is not as secure or easy to use as the legacy fingerprint-based Touch ID. AppleInsider digs deeper to explain why you shouldn’t fear facing the future.
I went into the iPhone X launch with some preconceived notions about Touch ID having some convenience advantages over Face ID.
As this article points out, the convenience advantage lies with Face ID, and Face ID is only going to get better over time. It is the future. Good read.
The only place this isn’t true, for me, is when I get in the car and put my iPhone on the holder. I used to use Touch ID to open the phone for GPS before going. Now I use Face ID before I put the phone on the holder. Basically anywhere I could unlock the phone without looking, I have to look now. Not a big deal, just something new to get used to.
ive found this happens when im not looking at it and trying to unlock, or covering my mouth inadvertently. many times re-setting my gaze onto the display causes it to auto-retry and unlock. when it doesnt i tap Canel and re-swipe and it unlocks
If it doesn’t recognize me, I always use the passcode to unlock it. Then Face ID learns the new point of view of my face. It is working almost flawlessly now.
Yep FaceID has a bit more convenience, but at the cost of worse security. I don’t like that trade off. I’ll stick with Touch ID as long as possible.
No, it can not and won’t unlock when in landscape. It also won’t unlock if it’s upside down. If it is on a desk and I tap it to wake I have to put my face closer to the phone. Also, at extreme angles the phone won’t unlock. But I am surprised at how well it does on angles. I’d say it does unlock at maybe 10 to 15 degree angles.
It has to detect your face, as entered. I wouldn’t want it to be able to select half my face either. What you are suggesting would make Face ID less secure.
I figured it out. You are keeping the ski mask on, aren’t you? ; )
Sorry to say this, but you are holding it wrong. Hee hee. That so fits here!
Worse security? Can you elaborate? DO you mean the twins thing? Or some adolescents?
If you want and need real security, don’t use either. Stick to a 6 digit password.
No, FaceID is a passive authentication method. Its constantly trying to authenticate. TouchID is an active authentication method. You have to take an action to get authenticated.
With FaceID, anybody can grab the phone and point it at the owners face to unlock it, where as with TouchID, they would have to force someone to actually unlock by putting their finger on the home button. Its an extra step, so more secure.
Its not about “real security”, its about balancing the tradeoffs between convenience and security. I don’t like the tradeoff with FaceID that adds convenience but reduces security.
And besides, don’t use a 6 digit password.;, use a full text password. That’s what I do.
Someone can just as easily lift my wallet or get my car keys etc. etc. But I do see your point.
Why is the image sideways? Are you from the Matrix?
It doesn’t work in landscape mode.
Here is some more info that may be useful.
https://www.imore.com/limitations-face-id-what-you-need-know
Technically it’s not failing though. It isn’t designed to be used that way. It’s like trying to put toast in a toaster but put the toaster upside down. Yup, the bread will keep falling out.
Did you read the link? It is not designed to work in landscape mode. NOT. It may well be designed that way when it comes to the iPad. But, as for now, it is not.
Here, here is an Apple recommended answer.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8146457?start=0&tstart=0
It is just not currently designed to do so. I don’t understand why you keep trying?
Is Apple’s officially sanctioned answer on it’s own site also trash? At this point you are being deliberately obtuse. Also iMore is not trash. Face ID is doing what it was design to do. You, anecdotally, consider it to be failing. YOU DO. Apps still work, just Face ID, at this point in it’s progress requires that the iPhone be in portrait mode. Full stop, period, all that.
I also wouldn’t presume, like you are, that the dot projector can accurately recognize a face in landscape mode. That is merely a guess on your part.
I hope you are right.
I’m calm thanks. It’s not my favorite site either, it’s one of the better ones though.
“”Is Apple’s officially sanctioned answer on it’s own site also trash?”
No. I never said that.”
That’s why it’s a question.
“The hardware is functioning flawlessly in portrait and landscape. Dot projector has no trouble projecting dots in any orientation. Infrared camera has no trouble picking up the infrared data in any orientation. The software however isn’t working in landscape”
Do you have any evidence to support these statements?
It’s also possible that the array disn’t meet the security threshold that Apple required. Therefore it’s possible that Face ID can capture much of the face, but not enough to meet their security requirements.
Interesting. Not fully landscape though. Close is better than not at all. I’ll have to try a few myself. When I initially got the phone I almost immediately tried unlocking upside down. I presumed the dot arrray couldn’t read my face because of the direction it beamed them out. I still occasionally try training it by entering my passcode when it fails.
Face ID is definitely worse than Touch ID. That was one of the reasons I returned my iPhone X.