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

Post by Snelius » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 3:11 AM UTC

meristohm wrote: post #280

jeffbee wrote: post #151

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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.

Isn’t the 2016 SE still useful as a phone?

Post by zdbrandon » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 3:23 AM UTC

matdehaast wrote: post #251

tinyprojects wrote: post #164

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…

Good chance FB will own the VR space from platform on a hardware and software level. My bet is they will be bigger in 10 years than they are now if VR materialises

Post by valine » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 3:48 AM UTC

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I wonder if Face ID is still able to partially detect a masked user's face, just with a much lower confidence interval. Maybe the presence of the watch allows Face ID to lower the confidence threshold when it detects a mask blocking half of the face. This is just a guess, I have no idea how Face ID works. If Face ID can't detect anything when a user wears a mask then I completely agree with you. It seems really silly…

It works because you put your watch on, unlock your watch. Your watch remains unlocked until you take it off. I was under the impression if you’re wearing your watch and it’s unlocked, and then you pick up your iPhone, it acts as the key to your phone.

Post by jdminhbg » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 4:03 AM UTC

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.…

Post by norbertdragan » Tue, Apr 27, 2021, 4:14 AM UTC

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.