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Other POLL: 2020 FACE OR TOUCH ID or both
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Mike Richardson
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The pin code.
Both your thumbprint and what your face looks like are not actual secrets. Also, courts have compelled people to give up biometric information. So far (to my knowledge), no court has been successful in compelling a person to give up a secret code (password).
I have memorized a 6 digit code that was generated randomly and I use this to unlock the phone.
Not to mention, I was looking at my new (to me) iPhone 8 the other day in the sun. I could see my thumbprint crystal clear sitting there in the "button" circle. Literally that would be the password sitting out in clear text. Just seems stupid to me.
Face ID is also useless if you cover up the front camera on the phone. I know a few people who do this. They use the back camera all the time but they aren't into "Selfies" or "FaceTime".
Both your thumbprint and what your face looks like are not actual secrets. Also, courts have compelled people to give up biometric information. So far (to my knowledge), no court has been successful in compelling a person to give up a secret code (password).
I have memorized a 6 digit code that was generated randomly and I use this to unlock the phone.
Not to mention, I was looking at my new (to me) iPhone 8 the other day in the sun. I could see my thumbprint crystal clear sitting there in the "button" circle. Literally that would be the password sitting out in clear text. Just seems stupid to me.
Face ID is also useless if you cover up the front camera on the phone. I know a few people who do this. They use the back camera all the time but they aren't into "Selfies" or "FaceTime".
Just cause it’s newer doesn’t make it better. Why don’t TVs have 3D any more? It’s newer and thus automatically better.LOL , I made my subjective, a bit over the top point.
I just think people need to move on, if we didn’t, we would still be riding horses because of those who feel uncomfortable moving onto the automobile.
I’ve had both the iPhone X and iPad Pro 3 since their launches and I honestly prefer Touch ID. It’s beyond annoying to have to lean over a table to unlock my phone, or move around in bed because a pillow is slightly obstructing my face, or look down while I’m driving to open maps. It’s even worse on iPad because my fingers constantly are blocking the camera on accident or if I have it on my table it says my face is too far. The funny thing is Face ID would probably work best on the Mac and yet the Mac is the only device still with Touch ID.
Yea Face ID has pros like working with gloves, but also is less secure if you have a twin. The obvious answer is to have both to cover each others short comings.
If Apple can figure out how to do both face and Touch ID on the same phone then go for it I say. More options for the consumer the better.
Definitely want Touch for Apple Pay and new apps instead of the clunky double power press. I could pay faster by double tapping and holding my thumb on home as I moved the iPhone to the terminal.
Apple could offer both touch ID and face ID if they wanted to. But I believe that they spent millions of dollars in R&D to make face ID their future. They probably would rather perfect (<— I use that word loosely) one technology then have two technologies, especially given how much they truly believe in Face ID and it’s overall stringent security.
Both would be nice as both forms seem to have aspects that are better than the other. I just see them as two forms of technology serving the same purpose.
Touch ID is more accurate. You can actually unlock your phone faster and under the covers in bed. Can't do that with face id.
Honestly, I prefer Face ID. I love how fast and effective it is. It works perfect whether I wear contacts, glasses, etc. It’s much faster for me and I don’t miss Touch ID at all.
With face id the big issue for me is the ‘notch’ to house the sensors. It obscures the relatively small screen of an iphone and wastes valuable screen estate. If they placed the sensors in a minimum bezel it would have solved this issue, and allowed for a perfect rectangular screen which is all i want. For this reason i vote touch id only (under screen, or on the power button to allow for an ‘all screen display’). This is just my own opinion of course.
In this day of having to wear gloves - touch id is sort of "worthless" to me. I have a phone with face-id and ipad with touch and even without the gloves issue - face is much more accurate for me - of course I have never used a phone while in bed - it get plugged in in another room with mute on when I go to bed
I like both, TouchID on my iPad Air 2 is fast and reliable, and FaceID on my iPhone 11 Pro Max is fast and reliable to.
If we could have both in a phone and on a tablet it would be great.
What I love about FaceID is how cohesive it is in daily usage, you don’t realize how much is going on with this thing and don’t actually realize how advanced of a system it is until you use a competing device.
If we could have both in a phone and on a tablet it would be great.
What I love about FaceID is how cohesive it is in daily usage, you don’t realize how much is going on with this thing and don’t actually realize how advanced of a system it is until you use a competing device.
Face ID all the way! I will never go back to the dark days of Touch ID. I don't know how many times I've had to enter my PIN because of the fingerprint reader not reading correctly. The only advantage of Touch ID is wearing a mask but I don't expect this will be a permanent thing
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On the iPad Pro it is. The reason is people have their iPads on a keyboard setup in landscape. Not many people set their phones on a desk with a keyboard so I guess Apple hasn't done it yet.
Face ID is quicker and more convenient. When my phone lights up with a notification I can glance at the phone to unlock it to see the notification.
TouchID works through powder-free vinyl and nitrile gloves for me. That was pretty surprising.