iPhone X facial ID - good idea?

[rah]

Since when do you keep your phone in your pocket??

The last 5 years or so. I don't turn it on, but it's there in case i need it.

[Pekka]

Horrible idea.

It means that there is a database of all the user's faces. Or rather, their hash files.

The first principle of privacy is to not collect such data. It can never be realiably protected.

Apple has state of art security for sure, but it does not mean a bunch of future who evers can come and steal the data. Foreign governments, hacktivists, terror groups, criminals. It's all open once it is collected. I use the fingerprint and think it's pretty awful. Facial recgonition? Will never ever use it. That is the line.

[Aeson]

It's better than fingerprint ... since then they just hack off your finger. If they hack off your head that will suck, but you won't have to worry about it happening to you again. You could lose several fingers to iPhone muggers ...

[Proteus_MST]

Well, a smartphone that demands facials each time you want it to work for you definitely doesn't sound like a good idea

[Lorizael]

There aren't going to be any perfect ways to secure your phone from intrusion. I think the best you can manage is to have a basic level of security to ward off lazy criminals and then a way to remotely wipe your phone if you lose it.

[-Jrabbit]

Well, Apple has certainly succeeded in getting people to blather endlessly about their new product, so it's clearly a great idea.

[ZEE]

If any mugger wants to take a phone from THIS CRIP he will be NEEDING to carry my head away, because that's the only way he would get it.

[N35t0r]

My old Moto X had the capability of face-unlocking. I tried it for a while but eventually turned it off because I was never using it.

[Lorizael]

If any mugger wants to take a phone from THIS CRIP he will be NEEDING to carry my head away, because that's the only way he would get it.

Do you keep your phone in your mouth? That's unsanitary.

[ZEE]

lol. I was referring to Aeson's poast. Guess I should have been moar clear but I have had a few drinks to celebrate my recent victory and there will be a few moar in the near future.

[Dinner]

My metal HTC is in my pocket without a case all the time and is doing fine.

From now on it is going to be metal phones for me. I bought the LG K20 plus because the specs were pretty good, the write ups were strong for the money, so it seemed like the sweet spot. I am done buying expensive phones and from now on it will be phones $300 or less. It seems the build quality just isn't that robust with the LG K20 Plus as the first one I had also had an issue with the charging port also burning out.

I had to go round and round with my career to replace it as it was clearly a design flaw. They kept saying ir was my fault because I had it plugged into the charger for more than one hour. I kept demanding they show me where in the owners manual it said not to charge it longer then one hour. The local franchisee hemmed and hawed, I filed a complaint with corporate, and eventually they gave me a replacement just to get rid of me. Then a few weeks later the screen on the new one broke in my pocket which was completely empty.

[Ben Kenobi]

A phone made of glass? Is such a thing even possible?

[Broken_Erika]

Thin glass screen with a thin plastic case. Not a very good combination.