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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 jaywalk »

ascagnel_ wrote: post #117
martin_ wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes - I live in Austin on Verizon and it often shows 5G but is usually slower than my AT&T LTE was in San Francisco -- however -- occasionally I get 5G Ultra Wideband and got 1915mbps down this weekend https://i.imgur.com/BuQF13Y.jpg

The phone will show 5G when you're a carrier w/ a 5G network in the area, even if the phone itself is on a 4G network. The phone will choose to stay on the 4G network if it's trying to stay in a lower-power mode (eg: fetching notifications & emails in the background), and will dynamically jump to 5G on an as-needed basis.

Can you point to any official documentation on this? From all of my testing, I have not found this to be the case.

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

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Post by bobbyi_settv »

adrr wrote: post #135
gambiting wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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...

The fact that it can be unlocked with a picture doesn't mean it has no security.

The main use case for phone locking is that you leave your phone in a cab, a bar or wherever else in public and someone picks it up later. That person isn't going to know who you are and have a picture of you. They're still prevented from being able to take the phone they just saw laying around and go through your emails, etc.

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

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Post by jensvdh »

kschwab wrote: post #94
fireattack wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still sounds weird to me. I use an Android phone, I can unlock my phone at anytime using either face, fingerprint, or passcode. What exactly is the reason/rationale that it has to fail on facial recognition first before proceeding to use passcode?

Androids also have the option where you tell them not to lock if you're in your home (or other named places). Does iPhone support that?

Yes, although home is probably the place where one tends to wear a mask the least.

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

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Post by tinyprojects »

Everyone is missing the point. This is the start of a major battle between two tech juggernauts. One look at the Facebook ads manager will show you Facebook is very scared about this privacy update and trying to do everything in their power to mitigate it.

Apple is the gatekeeper and Facebook can't do anything about it. Their dominant revenue stream is about to be strangled.

I think Zuckerberg realizes he is screwed in the long run, and only his bet on VR with Oculus will save him.

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Post by jensvdh »

_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.

I hate TouchID, never works when my fingers are sweaty or I'm cooking or anything like that.

FaceID is perfect.

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

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Post by oh_sigh »

dagmx wrote: post #71
Exuma wrote: post #47

"woman with beard" emoji? This is just getting stupid.

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.

Culture isn't going to lead to women magically sprouting beards. It may make the small percentage of women with facial hair not shave it off, but most women of whatever culture you're talking about(Sikh I presume) aren't going to have a beard because they can't grow one in the first place.

Somewhat related, but this thread made me look into it - and it seems a huge oversight that there isn't a "pregnant man" emoji - only pregnant woman. Probably all unicode emojis accepted with a certain gender variant should just include the other major gender variant as well. I can't really think of something that one gender can do that another gender can't do, if you allow that people can change their gender at will.

https://emojipedia.org/pregnant-woman/

https://emojipedia.org/pregnant-man/ (404 error)

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

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Post by conception »

lwansbrough wrote: post #154

Touch ID is an entirely superior technology and Apple is profoundly stupid for removing it. It doesn't have to be in the screen, just put it on the back. The lengths they'll go to offset the removal of Touch ID are astounding, from IR face tracking, to degraded biometric security, and now to requiring an Apple Watch to unlock the phone with your mask on. Talk about a Rube Goldberg machine.

Both is fine with me. FaceID is great for any time you've got gloves on.

I wish they had an external version of it, e.g. an apple keyboard with touchID or support for generic webcams for FaceID so it'd work when docked, etc.

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Post by TetOn »

lwansbrough wrote: post #154

Touch ID is an entirely superior technology and Apple is profoundly stupid for removing it. It doesn't have to be in the screen, just put it on the back. The lengths they'll go to offset the removal of Touch ID are astounding, from IR face tracking, to degraded biometric security, and now to requiring an Apple Watch to unlock the phone with your mask on. Talk about a Rube Goldberg machine.

Apple Watch is not required; it is a convenience option that can be used to unlock the phone if you are masked.

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

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Post by esolyt »

lwansbrough wrote: post #154

Touch ID is an entirely superior technology and Apple is profoundly stupid for removing it. It doesn't have to be in the screen, just put it on the back. The lengths they'll go to offset the removal of Touch ID are astounding, from IR face tracking, to degraded biometric security, and now to requiring an Apple Watch to unlock the phone with your mask on. Talk about a Rube Goldberg machine.

Another reason to buy an Apple Watch. It works out perfectly for Apple.

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

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Post by Exuma »

howinteresting wrote: post #105
Exuma wrote: post #47

"woman with beard" emoji? This is just getting stupid.

How so? Please be as specific as you can. I know both cis [0] and trans women who have beards, and while it's definitely nonconforming to Western standards, it is merely part of the incredible diversity and variation in human biology. [0] Yes, cis women with beards exist. Many cis women feel dysphoric about any facial hair they may have, of course, but (just like with trans people) exceptions exist and not everyone i…

Because literally not _every single group on earth_ needs to be represented.

It's an emoji pack... I don't need it for it to be exponentially more difficult to find ones I'm looking for because now we need every single permutation of race x facial hair x gender x skin color x marriage pair x favorite cereal.

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