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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.
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…
Hmm, I’m pretty sure I turned off “Personalized ads” under Privacy -> Apple ads, and now it’s back on. Or did I simply never turn this off before? Anyway, where is that famous new setting? Nothing seems changed to me under “Privacy”? Edit: I see iOS is still good at autocorrecting after I press “send”. Absolutely maddening.
> famous new setting
Privacy -> Tracking
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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.
The iPhone SE is physically the same shape and size as the 4 but with much better internals. To me, that is "peak iPhone". I still use an SE to control a few things around the house. Without a SIM, with the mobile radios and bluetooth disabled but wifi enabled, and with Apple's idiotic News app that nobody wants disabled, the battery lasts for 20 days. Peak iPhone.
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.
So it's coming, just slowly.
FaceID surely won't ever work with webcams however -- it uses a custom-built depth sensor separate from the camera.
[0] https://www.gadgetish.com/osx.html
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However, the Windows version works only with Android phones: https://www.gadgetish.com
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.
Hmm, I’m pretty sure I turned off “Personalized ads” under Privacy -> Apple ads, and now it’s back on. Or did I simply never turn this off before? Anyway, where is that famous new setting? Nothing seems changed to me under “Privacy”? Edit: I see iOS is still good at autocorrecting after I press “send”. Absolutely maddening.
It's still off for me, so perhaps you never turned it off? > famous new setting Privacy -> Tracking
Edit: yeah I’m quite positive it was.
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…
Yuuuup. It's unclear to me if this is collateral damage, but it's also wreaking havoc in directly measuring the impact of your own ads (ex: see and ad for an app, install the app, make a purchase in the app - folks want to be able to tell if that purchase is attributable to that ad).
Well, marketers and advertisers want to be able to tell if the purchase is attributable.
Everyday folks typically either don't care or would actively prefer not to be tracked in this way.
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.
Me too. So I made a program that does exactly that: https://www.gadgetish.com/osx.html
It also works with Android phones, Android Wear watches, Tizen (Samsung) watches, ... even some earbuds or smart tags.