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  • Apple nixes plans to incorporate under-glass Touch ID in 'iPhone 8,' insider says

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    It's amazing to me how little imagination people have. It seems so obvious to me that they made 3D face topology scanning work plenty well enough to make touch ID obsolete. Now you'll be able to use your phone without even thinking about security and you'll get all the same security as touch ID. Apple has made changes like this A MILLION TIMES. How can everyone here not get this?
    There are huge limitations with Facial Recognition. Let me give you an example.
    I ride motocycles. The law means that I have to wear a crash helmet. In winter I wear a silk balaclava underneath that. Coupled with active tint glasses there is often no bit of my face visible.
    How would facial recog work then eh?

    Now, with touch Id, I can simply stop the bike, take off one glove and touch the phone and I can use the phone. My crash helmet has BT connectivity to my phone.

    Then you get people on building sites who have to wear protective gear and it is unlawful to remove them outside a building. So tinted safety spec would in many cases stop facial Id from working.

    We shall have to wait and see how it works in reality but I am sure of one thing and that it Facial ID is not something that I want or need. TouchID works and "if it ain't broke, don't fix it".
    Just my thoughts on the topic which aren't worth anything so can be ignored.

    That seems like a perfectly ok trade-off. We go from having to touch a sensor over and over again every day with varying success rates to instantaneous authentication that requires no effort. In exchange it becomes less convenient when faces are covered. It's a clear and massive net reduction in overall friction.
    StrangeDays

  • Apple nixes plans to incorporate under-glass Touch ID in 'iPhone 8,' insider says

    franktinsleyfranktinsley
    It's amazing to me how little imagination people have. It seems so obvious to me that they made 3D face topology scanning work plenty well enough to make touch ID obsolete. Now you'll be able to use your phone without even thinking about security and you'll get all the same security as touch ID. Apple has made changes like this A MILLION TIMES. How can everyone here not get this?
    iqatedowilliamlondonfirelockericthehalfbeemagman1979flashfan207

  • New concept art shows how Apple may adapt iOS 11 to 'iPhone 8' display notch

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    hmlongco said:
    It's a done deal. Here's the top of the same screen on iOS 11. Note how Apple increased the size of the title and moved it down, and just how much space is now devoted to the back/apps and All Categories buttons. 

    Those are going to get moved down and the nav space reclaimed.

    Damn you nailed it. There's really no other good reason for the huge shift in nav bar title design. I can't wait!
    doozydozenwatto_cobra

  • New concept art shows how Apple may adapt iOS 11 to 'iPhone 8' display notch

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    I'm sure Jonny is dying a little on the inside accepting the limitations of the hardware dipping into software territory.



    So, he'd sooner commit seppuku than sign his name this proposed (cough Android UI) - sorry Max.

    Actually Jonny Ives has said a number of times that his goal is to fuse together the software and hardware into a single seamless design. I can't think of a better example of that than this new status bar - hardware feature combo.
    Solidoozydozenwatto_cobra

  • Apple's 'iPhone 8' facial recognition to aid in Apple Pay payments, code suggests

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    Given that the design of the iPhone 8 has been leaked in this same data and will dispense with the home button, I fail to see how it's "highly unlikely" that Apple is also ditching Touch ID on the iPhone 8. It's actually a lot more likely that they are ditching Touch ID than alternatives like inventing a way to put a Touch ID sensor behind the screen or moving it to the back of the phone. Also, you need only look at the design of the lock screen on iOS 10 and 11 to see that it's based around the user being quickly authenticated to look at all kinds of private data immediately. Scanning facial topography would seem to be the fastest and possibly even most secure way to handle this.
    StrangeDayslolliver