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sevenlayermuddle

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Face Id
« on: October 14, 2019, 11:27:34 PM »

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Re: Face Id
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2019, 07:27:00 AM »

Is there any way you can protect against the possibility of a mugger grabbing the phone and sticking it in front of your face to gain entry?
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Re: Face Id
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2019, 07:36:57 AM »

I think you can press some side button to turn off the feature and thwart the mugger, that is, if you know about it, can remember and can do what is needed in time. Having the presence of mind and dexterity required might be difficult. I think that if I were out and about in some dubious location (ie the mainland  ;D ) then I would just turn the feature off and turn fingerprint id off too and stick with passwords. I have an iPad Pro v1 with fingerprint reader and an iPad 5, which relies on passwords alone.
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Re: Face Id
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2019, 08:26:59 AM »

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Re: Face Id
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2019, 09:43:25 AM »

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Re: Face Id
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2019, 10:24:55 AM »

My new phone (Mate 20 Pro) has face ID, but I haven't tried it yet, just use finger print or pass code. I know you can disable face ID and possibly finger print as well by pressing the side button rapidly five times IIRC. I thought at the time it would be rather hard to locate and press the button in a threatening situation.

I also use Avast which has an app locker facility, so any financial apps and settings need an additional code or my finger print for an extra level of security

On my PC I have a Hello camera so can unlock that just by looking at it and it works very well. although haven't tried fooling it with a picture.
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Re: Face Id
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2019, 11:02:10 AM »

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Re: Face Id
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2019, 11:39:01 AM »

Hi

@7lm - sorry my post is going off topic but relevant to your last post

I watched a bbc program yesterday re keyless entry to cars and thefts

Apparently newer models now have a 40 second sleep before turning off (ie key is stationary for longer then 40 seconds) so no signal is then been transmitted

Also, to drive the car (not start the car) the key needs to within a short distance of the car or you cannot drive the car even if engine running

Sorry for been of topic

Many thanks

John
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Re: Face Id
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2019, 12:09:46 PM »

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Re: Face Id
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2019, 12:16:59 PM »

just to add when i got burgled if my phone was locked, i wouldn't have got it back, as the thief returned after my nephew texted the phone
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Re: Face Id
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2019, 12:38:26 PM »

just to add when i got burgled if my phone was locked, i wouldn't have got it back, as the thief returned after my nephew texted the phone

Can you clarify that? 

iPhones can (and do, by default) display incoming texts on the lock screen.  I have always disabled it as it seems to me like a bad thing.   Am I missing something?
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Re: Face Id
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2019, 01:16:56 PM »

Sticking with the perceived threats... I get impression many or maybe most mobile phone thefts these days are attributed snatching by moped riders...   

I suspose its especially easy with the latest trend of holding the phone about a foot away on speaker phone.
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Re: Face Id
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2019, 03:00:29 PM »

sorry 7lm didnt realise was specifically iphone thread, so yeah ignore my comment
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Re: Face Id
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2019, 03:44:58 PM »

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Re: Face Id
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2019, 06:27:01 PM »

Ok well in regards to android, it depends on the brand of rom.  On oxygen os tho for example you can adjust what appears on the lockscreen, in my experience tho even if you dont specifically restrict what can show it will usually to tell you there is one waiting, but not the contents of the message but if only one is waiting it may show the recipient.  Likewise with calls showing the recipient.  I am not sure if this is affected if you enable unlock security, as I dont use unlock security.

I dont know why I have this line of thinking, a factor for sure is the convenience of getting into the phone quickly.  But I suppose also that if I lose the phone, I see if they have access to my data, the fact I lost the device would concern me more and if its a mugging, I got bigger problems than if they can get into the phone or not.  My phone isnt used for financial transactions, so they wouldnt have access to things like google pay, bank accounts etc.

Android seems to be focusing on fingerprint, pin unlock vs face unlock tho.

Given the standardisation of iOS and apple's better track record vs google for software, I expect an iphone to be more secure in general than an android phone.  Consider how common place it is to root android phones as well.  right now on my phone I have it rooted, xposed framework installed, and it still passes google's safetynet which deems it a safe and secure device to use for things like android pay.
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