WhatsApp users updating to the latest version of the messaging app on iOS will find a new setting lurking at the bottom of the ‘Privacy’ menu that adds support for Apple’s biometric authentication technologies. Under the new setting, called ‘Screen Lock’, users of WhatsApp on iOS can tap through to another menu to add an […]
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3D-printed heads let hackers – and cops – unlock your phone
There’s a lot you can make with a 3D printer: from prosthetics, corneas, and firearms — even an Olympic-standard luge. You can even 3D print a life-size replica of a human head — and not just for Hollywood. Forbes reporter Thomas Brewster commissioned a 3D printed model of his own head to test the face […]
View More 3D-printed heads let hackers – and cops – unlock your phoneNetflix’s hackathon produces a way to navigate its iOS app with ARKit and Face ID
Netflix’s internal hackathons have consistently produced fun and often silly hacks, from that “Netflixtendo” hack a few years ago that let you run Netflix on the original NES to the more recent “audiobook mode” that turned Netflix series into old-school radio shows by way of Audio Descriptions. This year’s hackathon doesn’t disappoint either, with new […]
View More Netflix’s hackathon produces a way to navigate its iOS app with ARKit and Face IDThe accessibility of the iPhone XS Max
As the old adage goes, bigger is better. But is the iPhone XS Max the most accessible iPhone Apple’s built yet?
View More The accessibility of the iPhone XS MaxSo long then, iPhone home button…
… it was nice pressing you. Well, at least some of the thousands and thousands of times. Apple has finally abandoned a feature that’s been a staple of its smartphones since the very start, over a decade ago: A physical home button. The trio of almost-all-screen iPhones unboxed today at its Cupertino HQ go all […]
View More So long then, iPhone home button…iOS 12 will let users register another person to their Face ID
From advancements in AR to Memojis to group FaceTime, there is plenty to be excited about with iOS 12. But one of the more practical updates to Apple’s mobile operating system, coming this fall, went unmentioned during the keynote at WWDC. According to 9to5Mac, iOS 12 will allow for two different faces to be registered […]
View More iOS 12 will let users register another person to their Face IDYou probably don’t need to worry about someone hacking your iPhone X’s Face ID with a mask
Touted as the iPhone X’s new flagship form of device security, Face ID is a natural target for hackers. Just a week after the device’s release, Vietnamese research team Bkav claims to have cracked Apple’s facial recognition system using a replica face mask that combines printed 2D images with three-dimensional features. No one really knows how legitimate this purported hack is. Read More
PSA: Don’t train Face ID on your sibling’s face accidentally
Some people are griping about Face ID, noting that sometimes their siblings can open their iPhone Xs using Face ID. There’s a simple reason for this. When your sibling who kind of looks like you unsuccessfully tries to unlock your phone using their face and then you enter your password, you’re accidentally training Face ID on your sibling’s face. Therefore, if that same… Read More
A closer look at the capabilities and risks of iPhone X face mapping
Face ID has already generated a lot of excitement but the switch to a facial biometric does raise privacy concerns — given that the human face is naturally an expression-rich medium which, inevitably, communicates a lot of information about its owner without them necessarily realizing it. Read More