Does Face ID work in the dark?

Face ID is supposed to work under a range of circumstances. Apple has bragged that it functions in low lighting and “even in total darkness,” because it uses infrared to map your face.
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Does Apple Face ID work in the dark?

Face ID is designed to work with hats, scarves, glasses, contact lenses, and many sunglasses. Furthermore, it's designed to work indoors, outdoors, and even in total darkness. With iOS 15.4 and iPhone 12 or later, Face ID even works with face masks.
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Does Face ID work when you are asleep?

The big challenge for hackers is that Face ID won't work if you're sleeping. It scans for "liveness", making sure your face is real, your eyes are open, and your gaze is on the phone.
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Does Face unlock work in the dark?

Not only will your phone unlock in the dark, but if you face your phone towards a mirror and get close to the mirror, it will unlock from your reflection (yes, even in the dark).
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Does Face ID work with eyes closed?

Basically, “attention” means that you're looking directly at your iPhone with your eyes open. When attention detection is turned off, Face ID will still be “secure” in that your iPhone will only unlock if the TrueDepth sensors are sure that they're seeing you, but now it also works if your eyes are closed.
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Can you trick Face ID with a picture?

The face-unlock feature on nearly half of late-model Android phones can still be fooled by photographs, a Dutch study has found. Many people know that Apple's Face ID system is more secure than the default Android facial recognition program. For example, Face ID can't be fooled by a photograph.
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Will Face ID work if I shave my beard?

The new iPhone X includes a Face ID to unlock the home screen. Apple says that it will still recognize your face even if you change your facial hair.
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Does Face ID stop working if you lose weight?

If you gain or lose weight or grow old, it will still know it's you. If you wear a little or a lot of makeup, if you look like a completely different person when you wake up in the morning, it will still recognize the structure of your face, which doesn't change whether you're wearing makeup or not.
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Is Face ID with mask safe?

The flip side, of course, is that Apple does warn that Face ID with a mask is less accurate than regular Face ID. As Apple notes: Face ID is most accurate when it's set up for full-face recognition only. To use Face ID while wearing a mask, iPhone can recognize the unique features around the eye to authenticate.
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Can twins unlock Face ID?

In 2017, CNN tested the feature using identical twins and the recognition system failed miserably. During the test, one of the identical twins set up Face ID and then handed the phone over to the other twin who unlocked the phone using her face and the entire process happened quite comfortably.
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Can Face ID be fooled?

But can a security-leaden Face unlocking feature by Apple be fooled? It is hard to believe but yes it can be. A Facebook user posted a video of a major flaw he discovered on his iPhone 12 mini's Face ID. Apple first introduced the Face ID with its iPhone X in 2017.
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Is Face ID Private?

Face ID data — including mathematical representations of your face — is encrypted and protected with a key available only to the Secure Enclave. This data will be refined and updated as you use Face ID to improve your experience, including when you successfully authenticate.
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How many Face ID can you have?

Please note that you can only store one primary Face ID and one Alternate Face. If you want to change the secondary one, then you must reset Face ID. Be careful when resetting Face ID — it will take time to learn your appearance, especially in the dark.
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Why does Face ID not recognize me in the morning?

Facial swelling in the morning is not unusual, and it's usually nonserious. According to HealthGuidance, morning inflammation is often caused by allergies or by fluids pooling in the face while horizontal, while others blame it on water retention caused by dehydration.
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IS fingerprint more secure than Face ID?

Therefore, if given the opportunity to buy an Android phone that has facial unlocking or fingerprint security, if you're after safe use of your phone, it's likely better to try fingerprints.
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Can iPhone have 2 Face ID?

Face ID allows two faces or appearances to be added to your iPhone or iPad. Here's how to set up the feature. Face ID is a fast and secure way to unlock your iPhone or iPad Pro, but you may not know that you can actually set up more than one face to use the feature.
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How do you unlock a face lock without a face?

Place finger 1 inch away from front camera. Tap 8 times on the face icon and phone will unlocked.
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Is it possible to unlock an iPhone without the passcode?

If you can't remember your passcode when you try again, use a computer to put your iPhone in recovery mode. Recovery mode allows you to erase the iPhone, giving you access to set it up again. After you erase your iPhone, you can restore your data and settings from a backup.
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Is it easy to jailbreak an iPhone?

These days, jailbreaking is very easy. You usually download the jailbreak app and sideload it onto your device using tools such as Xcode, Cydia Impactor, AltStore, or a signing service. From there, you launch the app and hit the “Jailbreak” button.
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Can the iPhone 11 take underwater pictures?

iPhone 11: Maximum depth of 2 meters up to 30 minutes. iPhone 11 Pro: Maximum depth of 4 meters up to 30 minutes. iPhone 11 Pro Max: Maximum depth of 4 meters up to 30 minutes. iPhone XS: Maximum depth of 2 meters up to 30 minutes.
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Does iPhone XR have fingerprint?

Apple replaced Touch ID with Face ID on the iPhone X in 2017, and the latest iPhones — the iPhone XS and iPhone XR — don't have a fingerprint sensor, either. Face ID was touted as a more secure form of biometric security for iPhones compared to Touch ID.
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Does iPhone 13 have fingerprint?

Unfortunately, the short answer is no. As convenient as it would be for Apple to integrate Touch ID into an iPhone along with the usual Face ID sensors, that's simply not the case. There's no fingerprint sensor underneath the screen, nothing in the power button, or anywhere else on the phone.
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Can Apple steal your face?

No. Apple has kept the data from being given over to developers. They can request some information that's gathered from the sensors in the True Depth camera on the front of the phone.
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Why Does My Face ID work on my sister?

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 person tries to unlock your phone using their face, it's possible the phone will unlock.
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