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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 kiwijamo »

walterbell wrote: post #73
_jal wrote: post #67

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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.

Latest iPhone SE and iPad Air are both TouchID only - and wonderful.

Oh thank you. I've been making up my mind over which phone to get next. You've just helped me rule out the SE. The TouchID is one feature I've never had reliable experience with. I have sweaty hands, and it seems TouchID has trouble with fingers with sweat on them. But even when I dry my hands before attempting it it wouldn't always work. I thought FaceID would be worse until $WORK gave my team an Apple with FaceID. I got to see first hand how much better FaceID is. It's doesn't have a 100% success rate but it is much closer to 100% than TouchID in my experience. I just pick up my phone and it's unlocked almost instantly. A much better UX than I had with my previous iPhone 8 and 5s which had TouchID. I was disappointed they didn't improve it for the 8, it was just as bad as the 5s.

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Post by aroman »

ghughes wrote: post #119
HugoDaniel wrote: post #42

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it would be cool if Safari finally got WebGL 2 enabled by default

Cool for the web, not so cool for the growth of Apple Arcade.

It's not like WebGL 2 is the crucial lynch pin blocking the viability of mobile web gaming... WebGL2 will have zero impact on Apple Arcade.

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Post by kiwijamo »

fuzzy2 wrote: post #77
tomduncalf wrote: post #61

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> Face masks entirely break Apple Pay I might be misunderstanding you, and it’s far from ideal, but you can still use your passcode - I do it all the time.

Ah, indeed. I always thought this was not possible due to silly security requirements. Could’ve sworn this wasn’t possible back on my old iPhone 7.

I'm sure passcode has always been a fallback option. I used to see it all the time when I had an iPhone with a Apple Pay compatible card some years ago.

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Post by mcphage »

Exuma wrote: post #182
howinteresting wrote: post #178

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I think a simple search box is a much better solution than restricting emoji? Where we disagree is that I do think we should aspire towards every single kind of human diversity on earth being represented in emoji.

Ok well then we are missing a metric shit ton of emojis related to me, and now I am HYPER offended that they're not included. For one, I'm tall. I see now emoji which emphasizes my tallness. I lie awake each night in excruciating agony at being under represented. I also have a large amount of cowlicks that make my hair unlike any haircut currently available in emojis, as I need to cut my hair a weird way. I find this…

> and now I am HYPER offended that they're not included

Are you actually offended? Or are you just claiming to be offended in order to get your way, while simultaneously complaining that other people claim to be offended to get their way?

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Post by bombcar »

QuotedForTruth wrote: post #157
drexlspivey wrote: post #140

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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.

The newest ipad Air has touch id in the power/lock button on the side. I know production timelines probably made it impossible to do in reaction to COVID, but can you imagine if they had put this on iphone 12 late last year? So many iphone users would have bought one just to fix face ID with masks.

I hope they do - I've been holding onto my 8+ as FaceID is annoying.

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Post by vineyardmike »

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.…

While it might just be theater, not requiring a password immediately seems like a pretty big security regression.

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Post by dharmab »

jensvdh wrote: post #158
ASalazarMX wrote: post #74

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> What exactly is the reason/rationale that it has to fail on facial recognition first before proceeding to use passcode? C O U R A G E Joke aside, it seems that Face ID was a tremendous technical effort so you could have instant access to your phone. Besides unlocking, there's no other serious application (memojis aside). The fingerprint reader was probably removed just to prop acceptance of Face ID. Also, Face ID i…

If you're detained or mugged you have other problems to worry about. They can also threaten you with a knife to get your pin code or put your fingerprints on the phone. If anything face ID requires your eyes to be open, they can knock you out and use your fingerprints more easily.

Law enforcement in most developed countries won't resort to violence to get your credentials but are happy to point your phone at your face.

By the "they can just use violence" logic, no computer is secure and we should throw them all into the ocean. Security can improve the intermediate cases- focusing solely on the worst case is unproductive.

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Post by howinteresting »

Exuma wrote: post #182
howinteresting wrote: post #178

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think a simple search box is a much better solution than restricting emoji? Where we disagree is that I do think we should aspire towards every single kind of human diversity on earth being represented in emoji.

Ok well then we are missing a metric shit ton of emojis related to me, and now I am HYPER offended that they're not included. For one, I'm tall. I see now emoji which emphasizes my tallness. I lie awake each night in excruciating agony at being under represented. I also have a large amount of cowlicks that make my hair unlike any haircut currently available in emojis, as I need to cut my hair a weird way. I find this…

This is Hacker News. Are you looking for https://home.unicode.org/now-accepting-unicode-emoji-proposa... instead?

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Post by masklinn »

jensvdh wrote: post #165
_jal wrote: post #67

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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.

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

FaceID is perfect in no sense of the term.

FaceID works better when your hands are dirty or unavailable (e.g. you're wearing gloves), TouchID works better when your face is covered or your look changed slightly[0].

FaceID has been a strict downgrade for me, there are very few situations where FaceID works and TouchID wouldn't have, the reverse is a daily occurrence. And things would be even worse if I couldn't work from home, as TouchID works just fine with a mask.

[0] in bed without my glasses FaceID works 0% of the time, even resetting the entire thing and re-registering my face with and without glasses, it works all of 2 days before it stops recognising me without glasses.

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Post by josteink »

minimaxir wrote: post #36
jetpackjoe wrote: post #34

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tvOS should include the new color balancing feature, correct?

Yep, including for the older A8 Apple TV.

Just tested using my Apple TV 4K and an iPhone XR.

Worked just fine!

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