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On Wed, Sep 13, 2017 at 4:48 PM -0400, "Mary Otten" <motte...@gmail.com> wrote:
Apple's New Face ID Biometric System Works in the Dark and When Your Face is
Obscured by Hats and Beards
MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors / Juli Clover
In the new iPhone X, Face ID, a facial recognition system, replaces the Touch
ID fingerprint sensor we've grown accustomed to since it was introduced in the
iPhone 5s.
Because Face ID is a new biometric system, there are a lot of questions about
its accuracy and how it will work in various conditions, all of which Apple has
answered both in the keynote and on its website.
How Face ID Scans Your Face
Face ID is enabled through a TrueDepth front-facing camera on the iPhone X,
which has multiple components. A Dot Projector projects more than 30,000
invisible dots onto your face to map its structure.
The dot map is then read by an infrared camera and the structure of your face
is relayed to the A11 Bionic chip in the iPhone X and transformed into a
mathematical model. The A11 chip then compares your facial structure to the
facial scan stored in the iPhone X during the setup process.
As with Touch ID, if there is a match between the two face scans, the iPhone X
will unlock. From there, you can swipe upwards to get to the Home screen.
Face ID in the Dark
Face ID uses infrared to scan your face, so it works in low lighting conditions
and in the dark. The TrueDepth camera also has what Apple calls a "Flood
Illuminator," aka an infrared light that illuminates your face in the dark so
the dot map and the infrared camera can do their jobs.
Fooling Face ID
First of all, Face ID can't be fooled by a photo because it takes a 3D facial
scan to unlock a device. Face ID is also "attention aware," a feature Apple
implemented for extra security.
Face ID will only unlock your device when you look in the direction of the
iPhone X with your eyes open, meaning Face ID only works when there's a live
person in front of it. Attention aware is optional, though, and can be turned
off if you choose. Most people will want to leave attention awareness on, but
for users unable to focus their attention on the iPhone, turning it off will
allow the iPhone X to unlock with just a facial scan.
Face ID is also sensitive enough to tell the difference between you and someone
who is wearing a mask of your face. Apple trained Face ID with hyperrealistic
masks created by Hollywood studios, ensuring a mask of a person wouldn't be
able to fool the Face ID system.
According to Apple, Face ID is more secure than Touch ID because there are
slimmer chances of a mismatch. There's a 1 in 50,000 chance someone will be
able to unlock your iPhone with their fingerprint, but a 1 in 1,000,000 chance
someone else's face will fool Face ID. That doesn't count for twins, though --
if you have an identical twin, that error rate increases.
Touch ID locks a device after five failed attempts, but with Face ID, Apple is
only allowing two failed attempts. After two incorrect scans, the iPhone X will
lock and require your passcode to unlock again.
Face ID With Hats, Beards, Makeup, and Glasses
Face ID works with hats, beards, glasses, scarves, and other accessories that
partially obscure the face. According to Apple, this is because the A11 Bionic
chip in the iPhone X uses machine learning and a neural engine to recognize
changes in your appearance.
It's also likely that Face ID, like other facial recognition systems, has a
match threshold that's below 100 percent, so even with part of the face not
visible, it recognizes the part that is visible.
Face ID also adapts to changes in your appearance over time, so it will
continue to recognize you as you grow a beard or grow your hair longer.
One caveat -- Apple doesn't mention sunglasses. There's a chance that Face ID
doesn't work when wearing sunglasses because it obscures your eyes, and eye
contact is required for unlocking the device. Attention aware can be disabled,
though, so Face ID may work with sunglasses in that situation.
Face ID When Unconscious or Sleeping
If someone knocks you unconscious or attempts to unlock your iPhone X with your
face while you're sleeping, it's not going to work.
As mentioned above, you need to look at your iPhone for Face ID to grant access
to your device.
Face ID Privacy
On iPhones with Touch ID, your fingerprint data is stored in a Secure Enclave
on the device, and the same is true of Face ID. Your facial map is encrypted
and kept in the Secure Enclave, with authentication happening entirely on your
device. No Face ID data is uploaded to iCloud or sent to Apple.
Multiple Faces in Face ID
When using Touch ID, multiple fingerprints can be added to a device so more
than one person can unlock it. That is not possible with Face ID. Face ID makes
a map of a single face and that's the only face that can unlock the iPhone X.
To add a new face, the existing face must be removed.
Face ID at an Angle
You don't need to hold the iPhone X right in front of your face for it to make
a Face ID scan. On stage at the keynote event, it was shown held at a
comfortable viewing angle and held flat downwards while making an Apple Pay
payment at payment terminal.
Face ID and Apple Pay
Face ID replaces Touch ID when authenticating Apple Pay purchases. When
checking out with Apple Pay, a glance at the iPhone X will authenticate a
payment, and a double click on the side button of the device will confirm it.
Face ID will also work in lieu of Touch ID for confirming iTunes payments,
accessing secure apps, and more. All third-party apps that use Touch ID will
also be able to use Face ID.
Face ID Special Features
With the "attention aware" feature, the iPhone X knows when you're looking at
it. Face ID will display notifications and messages on the Lock screen when you
look at the iPhone X, it will keep the screen lit, and it will automatically
lower the volume of an alarm or ringer when it knows your attention is on the
iPhone X's display.
Face ID Neural Engine
Face ID is powered by a two-core neural engine built into the A11 Bionic chip.
It works in real time and can process more than 600 billion operations per
second.
To train the neural engine, Apple used more than a billion facial images and
created several neural networks.
Face ID Growing Pains
Touch ID was slow and imperfect when it first launched, and Face ID may not be
perfect right away either. iPhone X hands-on reports were generally impressed
with the Face ID feature, but there were some reports of problems with the
feature not working until the display was turned on and off.
Apple will likely refine Face ID in software updates to further work out bugs,
and future iPhones will undoubtedly come with more advanced Face ID systems
that further improve the feature's functionality.
Apple says Face ID is the future of how we will unlock our smartphones,
suggesting Face ID will be the de facto Touch ID replacement in devices going
forward.
Related Roundup: iPhone X
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Original Article:
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/09/13/how-iphone-x-face-id-works/
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