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Face ID Is Coming To the iPad Pro Next Year, Says Report (macrumors.com)
According to MacRumors, KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said iPad Pro models set to be released in 2018 will come equipped with a TrueDepth Camera and will support Face ID. Apple is believed to be adding TrueDepth cameras to the iPad Pro to introduce a user experience that's consistent with the iPhone X and boost competitiveness. From the report: According to Kuo, TrueDepth Cameras will be limited to the iPad Pro, which is Apple's main flagship tablet device. Kuo also predicts 2018 iPhone models will adopt the new camera technology coming in the iPhone X, as he has mentioned in a previous note: "We predict iOS devices to be equipped with TrueDepth Camera in 2018F will include iPhone X and 2018 new iPhone and iPad models. Because of this, we believe more developers will pay attention to TrueDepth Camera/ facial recognition related applications. We expect Apple's (U.S.) major promotion of facial recognition related applications will encourage the Android camp to also dedicate more resources to developing hardware and facial recognition applications."
... to not buy it. I will be buying no Apple products that have Face ID.
"Have you ever thought about just turning off the TV, sitting down with your kids, and hitting them?"
So that's one gadget I won't be getting. More money in my pocket.
The NSA must be super excited. Even George Orwell would be impressed with the progress we have made for a future global government to both identify who and where we are at all times.
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I've had my laptop for 3-4 years now. It's got a fingerprint scanner. Does it have my fingerprint? Awww, hell no.
I can change a password. It's much harder, and more painful, to change my fingerprint.
Don't even get me started on how much harder, expensive, and painful it is to change my face. Trust me, I had a friend stay with me for a week after a facelift. Her face was a bruised mess that cost her 5 figures, and it took a good 6 months until she felt comfortable showing her face to people that didn't know she had a facelift.
How bold do you have to be to believe that the flagship unit of a physically larger version of a product you just updated will get the most marketed new feature when it is next updated?
There is risk and then there is risk, and this my friends is risk.
...no, I will not be buying any Apple product with Face ID.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
Rapid automated emotional manipulation.
ANAL ID. Anus recognition technology is going to change the world.
How does it deal with five o'clock shadows, or faces that need to be shaved more often than others? Change your beard style? Makeup? You point your apple device at someone else and they think you're creep-shooting and they punch you in the face? Does the software compensate for swollen lips and black eyes?
Sure, let's add a face scanner, so we can hide its evil intentions behind a big fucking Emoji machine. If you want to desensitized people from being spied on, you have to make it fun for everybody!
And when will it be working on the iPhone?
I think the head cop had that system in her office. Didn't seem to work very well. Now we will have to worry about androids (with a little a) killing us and putting our head in front of the camera.
What's an iPad?
Seriously, I cannot think of too many circumstances where I would like to hold a giant screen in front of my face for a bit before I can use it.
Even a phone for that matter.
Driving, taking the phone out of the holder to hold it in front of your face whilst driving since the screen locked in the meantime? Nope, seems like a bad idea. Seems like pressing your finger to that little button facing you and within easy reach is a bit better.
Sure, I get it. Hipsters will have an amazing excuse to keep their iPhones and iPad Pros at eye level so everyone around can see that they are using an iSomething, but for "normals" it seems pretty freaking retarded.
It seems like a gimmick to me and not a very useful one. It would be fine if the finger print scanner was still there, but it's not.
So, I guess I will leave this one to the hipsters.
I just want to thank Facebook for it's facial recognition technology that will tag me in enough social situations to make me feel uncomfortable having my photo taken.
Fuck it, if they are going to push all this gender identification and unconscious bias training down my throat then as a 200 pound western man it is my right to identify as a cross dressing islamic woman with a hijab.
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
Between creimer and his Amazon affiliates links and Beauhd's endless iDiarrhea, Slashdot is quickly becoming nothing more than an organic links farm for pathetic SEO leeches.
The sad part is that while those morons pollute the site with their junk, they're not even making good money with it, they just shit all over the place for pennies.
Fight back, people. Don't let low-quality sellouts drive Slashdot futher into the ground.
lucm, indeed.
What are you talking about? As written, this comment is does nothing but spread (unfounded, IMO) FUD. Apple has made a big deal about the facial scans never leaving the protection of the secure enclave. Is your position that Apple is colluding with the NSA, lying about the technical capabilities of their product? That there will be widely-distributed NSA malware that sneaks it's way onto iPhones and compromises the secure enclave and FaceID hardware? Arguably that ship has already sailed now that every smartphone user is carrying a GPS in their pocket whenever they leave the house.
Discussing the security implications of new tech is a worthwhile and constructive. The Economist did a fantastic cover story on the implications of widespread, accurate facial recognition tech a few months ago, if you need some talking points. Screaming "ORWELL! 1984! HUXLEY! POLICE STATE!" every time facial recognition comes up is nothing more than a waste of comment section space.
I don't care about FaceID, I do care for the headphone jack.
I should probably know this, but what does the "F" represent in 2018F?
A stranger at a public location snapping photos around him/her, can easily you in the background.
You didn't consent of having your picture taken.
You didn't consent of the person with the phone of enabling face ID.
You have no control over whether that person has enabled GPS or not.
If you have a cell phone in non-airplane mode, your wireless location data is being broadcasted to your carrier or your apps. This is true for the person taking the picture or your own phone.
So your precise location, time and picture identification are all identified. This is no accident. These types of projects are clearly funded by the government.
If the camera is always on, it's even more dangerous.
As for microphones? They're already always on.
What a joke this world has become. There's no chance that the decision makers are going to go to jail, because it's something decided by these powerful fucktards.