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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.
Lots of comments here on the watch unlock, while the new privacy controls are requiring apps to ask for IDFA before it's given (and before you'retracked across apps with any identifiers). The MarTech industry is panicking to adapt and become compliant and there are estimates that it will drop ad targeting by ~75%. I see this as a huge win for privacy, if Apple actually enforces it (They have given no guidance on how…
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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?
I'm not sure it's true that they grow beards as part of their culture. They don't cut their hair as part of their culture (or religion). Then, some women have a lot of facial hair for a variety of biological reasons. If they're very committed Sikhs, then they don't cut it off - but it's not that they are deliberately trying to have more facial hair. At least, that's my reading from about 2 minutes of research....
Most Sikh women will only follow the part about not cutting the hair on the tops of their head, and will remove facial hair.
However some, more religious ones, will apply this to all hair, including their beard and keep it growing.
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…
No room on the front - fine, but under the screen readers have been improving a ton and I'm sure Apple could figure out something.
Don't want the sensor on the back - I don't understand this. Why not? It works for other devices, and they could even make the Apple logo into a reader to be discreet.
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.
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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 -…
This applies to men and women equally. Many men struggle to grow a beard or shave it off, so we have beardless male emojis. So men have the option.
Women too can physically grow beards, even if it's only a few. There's nothing wrong with giving them the option of a bearded emoji.
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I have used phones with all types of fingerprint sensor. Below the screen (Moto Z, iPhone 6S), at the back, in the power button (Moto Z3), and built into screen (Moto Z4). Built into the screen is by far superior of all. The worst is at the back, with power button at the side not far from it.
I think having it in the back is genius as that's where I always have a finger as opposed to the front. It's so awkward to try to hold the phone in my hand securely AND holding my thumb on the scanner at the same time.
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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.
Where we disagree is that I do think we should aspire towards every single kind of human diversity on earth being represented in emoji.
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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.
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An even better solution would be to just show the "unlock with passcode" button at all times, and not just after Face ID has spent 15 seconds not recognising you because you have a mask on.
They fixed this a few versions ago. Now if it sees a mask, it shows the passcode input immediately.