Gregory's Server
My 85 year old dad uses it. He's the only one I know.
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@mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy By the way, if you’re really concerned that the police might force you to show your face to unlock your phone, you can disable FaceID quickly. Just squeeze the side button and either the up or down volume button together for a couple of seconds, and after the shutdown/emergency menu shows up, FaceID will have been disabled until you re-enter your passcode. @captainslim @mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy I use Face ID for as many devices as i possibly can, as well as to unlock other things within my device (eg Apple Pay, logging into apps). The devices include my personal iPhone, my work Samsung Flip 4, my work computer, and my personal iPad. ;). For me the security and convenience are enough to make it worth it. @captainslim @mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy I’m interested in the responses to this survey, and see there is a sign of a skew in one direction. I’m wondering what % of respondents saying “no” own any device that actually does FaceID (or android equivalent) and then actively don’t use it, versus just not having any devices that offer face recognition as an option. @consumablejoy That's a good idea, maybe a multi-option poll for "have, don't use" and "don't have, wouldn't use", etc? @consumablejoy @captainslim @mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy doesn't pretty much every smart device do faceID/fingerprint now? Can't imagine a really significant amount of the "no" votes are because people who would use biometric unlocking simply don't have the means 🤷 @captainslim Heroic, thank you! People in the "don't have, wouldn't use" category wouldn't necessarily know this, so it's good to post it. @captainslim @mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy 5-clicking the power button goes right to emergency call which also disables Face ID.  @captainslim @mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy You can also click the power button five times which I find easier @captainslim @mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy if you're REALLY really concerned about police using your biometrics against your will, just don't use it lol. If you're in a situation where that's a possibility, are you gonna rely on having both the opportunity & the foresight to do a special hard reboot? No. You'll take the more secure & lower stress option of a strong passcode & not be in that kind of bind at all. @itsmeholland @holyramenempire @captainslim @mlanger @aerosavvy yes, that's what's so scary & why I wouldn't want to fall back on a multi-button hard reset. Taking you by surprise, catching people when their down/unprepared is a classic cop move. If you're relying on having those 3+ seconds to hard reset your phone before they take you down & force you to unlock it, don't, because you might not have a few seconds when the time really comes. 🤷  @captainslim @mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy I have an iPhone with TouchID, and an iPad Pro with FaceID. The iPad’s FaceID is way less reliable for unlocking than the iPhone’s TouchID - I can’t look at the lock screen without unlocking the device, I can’t unlock it in sunglasses while wearing a mask in a shop etc, so I have a stupidly short passcode, because that’s the reality of FaceID. @captainslim @mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy Biometrics *are* good for preventing shoulder-surfing, but the way you can easily be forced to unlock your device with them makes me a little uneasy about using them. It would be nice if iOS and Android had the option to require a short passcode with every biometric unlock (i.e. you can skip the long main password if your face/finger matches, but you still have to enter a 4-digit code), or at least to adjust the max attempts & other parameters. |
@mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy
I don’t know of a good reason not to use FaceID, and I can think of a bunch of good reasons to use it.
As I mentioned in a previous comment, your biometric data lives in the Secure Enclave on your phone—it never, ever leaves your phone. It’s not even visible to the operating system on your phone outside of the Secure Enclave. Apps that use FaceID for authentication, like banking apps, simply get a yes or no answer from the Secure Enclave; they have absolutely no access to the underlying biometric data.
Using FaceID allows you to use a longer, more complex passcode, since you don’t have to enter it very often. It also minimizes the odds that you’ll have to enter your passcode in a public place, where someone might see you enter it, grab your phone, and run off with it. Someone who has possession of your phone and knows your passcode can take your Apple account from you permanently, with no chance of your ever recovering it.
Speaking of which, iOS 17.3 introduced Stolen Device Protection to protect you from this. It’s a very good thing, and everyone should turn it on. It requires that you use FaceID on your phone.
On top of all this, FaceID just works really well. Just pick up your phone and start using it.
@mlanger @holyramenempire @aerosavvy
I don’t know of a good reason not to use FaceID, and I can think of a bunch of good reasons to use it.
As I mentioned in a previous comment, your biometric data lives in the Secure Enclave on your phone—it never, ever leaves your phone. It’s not even visible to the operating system on your phone outside of the Secure Enclave. Apps that use FaceID for authentication, like banking apps, simply get a yes or no answer from the Secure Enclave; they have absolutely...