Face ID is the name of Apple's biometric facial geometry sensor. It uses an infrared flood illuminator to light up your face, a laser dot projector to establish reference points, an infrared camera to capture mesh data, and a neural network to determine whether or not there's a match.
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How to train Face ID to recognize weird facial expressions
Face ID uses machine learning to familiarize itself with your various facial changes. You can even train it to recognize your scrunched up face!
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Face ID: Everything you need to know!
Face ID is Apple's newest biometric identity sensor and it's only on the iPhone X right now. Here's everything you need to know!
A touch and a glance
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Face ID vs. Touch ID: What's the difference?
Along with passcodes and passwords, Apple offers two forms of biometric authentication: Face ID and Touch ID. What are the two technologies and how do they compare? Read on to find out!
Mastering Face ID
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How to speed up Face ID unlocking on your iPhone X
Here are some ways that you can improve and speed up your experience with Face ID on the iPhone X.
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Apple's new iOS 11.2 security white paper is live!
Apple's security white paper now covers iOS 11.2, and that means you can learn more about Face ID, Apple Pay Cash, and AutoFill for Apps right now.
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Secretly disable Touch ID or Face ID with the help of Siri in iOS 11.2
Can you rapidly force your iPhone to require your passcode or password to unlock? Absolutely — with iOS 11.
your face or mine?
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Will Face ID support multi-user authentication? Craig Federighi responds
Federighi replied to a Reddit user's query regarding whether or not more than one individual could use their face to unlock an iPhone. Now if we could just get him to reveal what he uses in his hair ...
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ARKit face tracking FUD and what you need to know
Worried face tracking in ARKit will give developers access to your Face ID biometric data? Well, it can't and here's why.
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How to "see" the crazy dot map the iPhone X uses to scan your face
The iPhone X uses an infrared flood illuminator and dot projector to recognize your face for both Face ID and Portrait selfies. Now, one user on Twitter has captured what that looks like!
Mastering iPhone X
How to use Face ID on the iPhone X
Here are the ins and outs of using Face ID for everything from unlocking your iPhone X to autofilling passwords in Safari.
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Face ID hasn't been hacked: What you need to know
Absolutely no one has broken into Face ID's secure enclave or gained access to its data. All we've seen is headlines and videos involving family members and forensic artists trying to spoof it.
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These spoofers claim that they tricked Face ID with a simple mask
Ever since the iPhone X's launch, the race to fool Face ID has been on. Now, a Vietnamese security company claims to have succeeded.
Mastering iPhone X
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How to quickly disable Face ID on the iPhone X
Temporarily disabling Face ID to require a password to unlock your iPhone X is simple. Here's how you do it.
The truest of depth
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Best apps that use iPhone X's TrueDepth camera
Hey, TrueDepth camera, you applications are showing.
iMore show 579: Eyebrow Personality
Lory is on the case with fingerprints and a cleaning cloth. Also, Mikah has resting Mikah face.