Ondrej Holzman The accidentally leaked firmware for the new HomePod speaker already gave away a lot: form of the new iPhone with unlocking via 3D face scan, Apple Watch with LTE or 4K Apple TV. And we don't stop there, more details about the new apple phone are emerging.
As more and more clues point to the fact that the new iPhone (most commonly referred to as the iPhone 8) will indeed not have Touch ID to unlock the phone with a fingerprint, the question is how it will all work.
According to already leaked information, we know that Apple will bet on the so-called Face ID, codenamed Pearl ID, which is a technology that scans your face in 3D to unlock the phone, as it previously worked with a fingerprint. However, there were questions about how it would be at night or when the iPhone was lying on the table.
When there is Touch ID, all you have to do is put your finger on the button and it doesn't matter if it's daytime or high noon, it's not an obstacle even on the table, you just put your finger again. But Apple probably thought of these cases as well when it proposed a new method of biometric security. Face ID is supposed to be even faster and more secure than Touch ID.
References have been found in the HomePod's code to unlock even a lying-down iPhone with a facial scan, and concerns about nighttime operation are allayed by the fact that the scanning will be done by infrared radiation.
“Apple's position in September will be that Face ID is faster, more secure and more accurate than Touch ID. People at Apple say so,” he responded on discovered news Mark Gurman from Bloomberg, which usually has very accurate information directly from Apple.
Faster, more secure and more accurate than Touch ID makes sense. In fact, it was also discovered in the HomePod firmware that third-party applications will also be able to use Face ID (or code-named Pearl ID). Face scanning should thus become the logical successor of the fingerprint as a security element when entering various applications or for verifying payments. The animation when paying via Apple Pay with the new iPhone was also found in the code (see the attached tweet).
For the curious ones out there: this is the animation where that D22 glyph is used pic.twitter.com/02KuEU974D
- Guilherme Rambo (@_inside) August 6
Apple should therefore come up with a much better and safer technology than what the competition has presented in this area so far. For example, you can easily bypass the Samsung Galaxy S8 with a photo of the user's face, which Apple should apparently prevent.
I would say that the fact that it can be bypassed with a face photo on the S8 is not true. The Samsung has two ways of unlocking, either only with the camera, and yes, you can easily bypass it, and Samsung itself warns you about it when you want to turn it on, and then the other way is to use the iris scanner, and you can't easily bypass it. I think so, if not, correct me
He managed to playfully bypass it in a model situation when the geeks in the cafe took a picture of the gentleman's eyes from a distance with a SLR camera, then printed it in high quality, covered it with mica and it was done.
Ok, I didn't know that, thanks for the info :)
It quite shocked me, after the proclamations of the safest technology. Golden Touch ID, which is technically polished and not just a stupid "scanner".