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10-Year-Old Boy Cracks the Face ID On Both Parents' IPhone X (wired.com)
An anonymous reader writes: A 10-year-old boy discovered he could unlock his father's phone just by looking at it. And his mother's phone too. Both parents had just purchased a new $999 iPhone X, and apparently its Face ID couldn't tell his face from theirs. The unlocking happened immediately after the mother told the son that "There's no way you're getting access to this phone."
Experiments suggest the iPhone X was confused by the indoor/nighttime lighting when the couple first registered their faces. Apple's only response was to point to their support page, which states that "the statistical probability is different...among children under the age of 13, because their distinct facial features may not have fully developed. If you're concerned about this, we recommend using a passcode to authenticate." The boy's father is now offering this advice to other parents. "You should probably try it with every member of your family and see who can access it."
And his son just "thought it was hilarious."
Experiments suggest the iPhone X was confused by the indoor/nighttime lighting when the couple first registered their faces. Apple's only response was to point to their support page, which states that "the statistical probability is different...among children under the age of 13, because their distinct facial features may not have fully developed. If you're concerned about this, we recommend using a passcode to authenticate." The boy's father is now offering this advice to other parents. "You should probably try it with every member of your family and see who can access it."
And his son just "thought it was hilarious."
You're looking at the phone wrong, etc., etc., etc........
Kids as skeleton keys, that would be so funny if it weren't the security desaster it actually is. What remains to be shown now is that a random group of, say, 10 children with no relation to an iPhonX (previous...) owner has a more than 10% chance of unlocking Face ID.
A World in a Grain of Sand / Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Infinity in the Palm of your Hand / And Eternity in an Hour.
Perhaps they aren't from West Virginia.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Apple officials said "You are holding it wrong, in this case in front of the wrong person."
Don't fight for your country, if your country does not fight for you.
If your kid can't unlock your iPhone X, maybe you should have a little chat with your wife.