XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy   
   From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2023-12-27 20:33, Wally J wrote:   
   > Cameo  wrote   
   >   
   >> I've noticed with amazement that my iPhone 15 Pro Max can ID my face   
   >> even in dark. How does it do it? Using infraread light?   
   >   
   > Yes. It can't use a simple photo, because that would be far too easy to   
   > get around (using another photo, etc.). Face ID is an expensive gimmick   
   > which projects thousands of tiny infrared dots onto your face to measure   
   > the depth, etc. and is purposely designed to be a gimmick for iPhone   
   > owners, most of whom live in slums so they need biometric gimmickry which   
   > also be able to work in total darkness when they are being attacked most.   
      
   Amazing.   
      
   You are so mind-bendingly stupid you think that only poor people get   
   things stolen.   
      
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