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iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

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Re: iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

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Post by tinus_hn »

gambiting wrote: post #21
smiley1437 wrote: post #14

Feels a bit of a Rube-Goldberg workaround when TouchID exists. Love my TouchID to the point I'm dreading when Apple makes no more TouchID phones

Apple's insistence on only having face ID when competitors have fantastic and very fast in-screen fingerprint readers is just idiotic. I was kind of onboard when they first introduced FaceID, the argument that they don't want the sensor on the back and there is no room on the front was fair enough, but right now the technology has caught up. It's crazy that you can unlock a Samsung with your face OR an in-screen fing…

These competitors aren’t held to the same standards Apple is. If it turns out you can unlock these phones with a printed fingerprint copy, nobody cares. But if it happens on iPhone it’s fingerprintgate.

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Post by dagmx »

tasogare wrote: post #112
dagmx wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why? Some women, especially in certain cultures, do indeed have beards. It takes nothing away from people who won't use that emoji, but it lets them be represented while giving others another optional emoji to use.

In which cultures does women have beards? Without any example it seems something you just pretend exist. Women in general (ie without special medical conditions) don’t grow enough facial hair to produce a beard in a lifetime.

Certain Sikh women grow beards as part of their culture. There are quite a few women outside of that who do get beards, for a variety of reasons.

Regardless, even if it was hypothetically only people with medical conditions, then why is bad for them to be represented?

Re: iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

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Post by melq »

dkdbejwi383 wrote: post #33
aikinai wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They fixed this a few versions ago. Now if it sees a mask, it shows the passcode input immediately.

Strange, I'm up to date yet it still spends ages searching for my face when I have a mask on. Perhaps my mask isn't masklike enough?

Happens to me all the time too, super annoying. If I'm outside and the suns out its even worse.

Re: iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

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Post by adrr »

gambiting wrote: post #21
smiley1437 wrote: post #14

Feels a bit of a Rube-Goldberg workaround when TouchID exists. Love my TouchID to the point I'm dreading when Apple makes no more TouchID phones

Apple's insistence on only having face ID when competitors have fantastic and very fast in-screen fingerprint readers is just idiotic. I was kind of onboard when they first introduced FaceID, the argument that they don't want the sensor on the back and there is no room on the front was fair enough, but right now the technology has caught up. It's crazy that you can unlock a Samsung with your face OR an in-screen fing…

Face unlock for Samsung phones provides no security unlike FaceId. So really Samsung just has a fingerprint scanner.

https://www.samsung.com/ph/support/mobile-devices/can-you-un...

Re: iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

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Post by ta9999 »

rabuse wrote: post #127

When the hell is Apple going to finally allow push notifications for the web?

Never, they make way to much money and have an incredible amount of power over developers by keeping it disabled.

People just leave you out of group chats if you don't have an iPhone now because building a decent chat application for iOS is too fucking hard.

Re: iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

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Post by gpm »

lemax wrote: post #56

My Face ID is completely broken after getting water on my "waterproof" iPhone X. I downloaded the beta in the hopes of using my Apple Watch to unlock my iPhone without Face ID enabled. My employer enforces a device policy with passcode required immediately and auto-lock in 1 minute, so this would have been really nice. Unfortunately this feature only works a) with Face ID enabled and b) while wearing a mask. Not exac…

> b) while wearing a mask

Wtf? What possible benefit does this have? Securing your phone against people who stole it (and your watch) but aren't willing to put on a mask?

Re: iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

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Post by dmitriid »

ascagnel_ wrote: post #124
dmitriid wrote: post #50

I wish they added "unlock Mac/use id on Mac with iPhone". But no, they only introduce TouchId on a keyboard that only works with M1 chips.

For what it's worth, if you have a system with the T1 chip (Apple's been using the watch chip rebadged as a T1 for a few years as a SSD controller+security module), you can both unlock your laptop with your watch (built-in to the OS) and as a biometric sudo auth[0]. [0] https://github.com/insidegui/pam-watchid

I don't have a watch and I don't want someone else's code accessing my TouchID :)

Re: iOS 14.5 delivers Unlock iPhone with Apple Watch, new privacy controls, and more

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Post by drexlspivey »

_jal wrote: post #67
Someone1234 wrote: post #9

In regard to unlock w/Apple Watch: - This is an issue of Apple's own artificial creation. - This doesn't even solve the issue. So this all started because Face Unlock didn't work with masks, that's not Apple's fault. But what is entirely Apple's fault is that they break an option which resolves this only when Face Unlock is enabled: "Require Passcode." When you disable Face Unlock you can set Require Passcode to e.g.…

I just fixed it by turning off FaceID. Apple reached phone perfection with the iPhone 4; they reached access perfection with touchID. Things have gotten worse since then.

Touch ID had to go because the home button was removed. They are now developing on screen fingerprint detection to bring back touch ID as a secondaryunlock mechanism.
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