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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."
Future ( 2018 ) versions of Apple devices will have the TrueDepth camera on the back for use with AR. You can disable the actual Face ID feature and still gain the benefits of TrueDepth.
>TrueDepth camera on the back for use
Can you can point it strangers and use Face ID to identify them? I assume it'll only be a matter of time till Face ID "prints" are uploaded to centralized databases to use Face ID for authenticating at places where it won't be necessary to own an iPhoneX.
Your assumption seems to be faulty. Apple has a history of trying to store as little of your data as they possibly can, since they're in the market of selling you a bit of hardware, rather than in the market of selling you.
They announced during the Keynote that the hash that they derive of your face print is stored inside the secure enclave of your device, and is never uploaded to anyone at all.
Yup. The greatest thing about Android, iOS and Windows 10 is all the terrific software that nobody asked for and nobody can uninstall.
You pay for it; Google/Apple/Microsoft benefits from it. A terrific arrangement.
I will be buying no Apple products that have Face ID.
Or, since it is an optional feature, you could just not set it up on your device.
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.