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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Why is my Face ID working for someone else?

Surprisingly, Apple Face ID sometimes successfully unlocks the phone after scanning someone with a strong resemblance to its original owner. Apple claims that there is a one in a million chance that other people's faces will unlock your iPhone.
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Why does my iPhone Face ID work on my sister?

It's either because you and your sibling look alike or because you have shared with your sibling the passcode to your iPhone and Face ID has learned how to recognise her too. Change the passcode first then reset the Face ID then see if she can still unlock your iPhone.
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Can siblings use the same Face ID?

As additional protection, Face ID allows only five unsuccessful match attempts before a passcode is required. The statistical probability is different for twins and siblings that look like you and among children under the age of 13, because their distinct facial features may not have fully developed.
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Why does my iPhone unlock with my brothers face?

If you both are sitting in the same room and trying to open the device, then the chances of you facing the device for even a fraction of a second may open the device. Also, check if you have set up an alternative FaceID, remove it.
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Why can my daughter's face open my iPhone?

So if this is your daughter who is unlocking the device by providing correct passcode, her face is very likely added to face data too. Change your iPhone's passcode, reset and setup Face ID again. Passcode is your primary method to secure your device.
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Can you trick Face ID with a photo?

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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Does Face ID work with relatives?

Face ID may confuse close relatives with device owners.

If you use Apple's Face ID technology - which unlocks iPhones by recognizing the user looking at the device - you may be at risk of having your child, parent, or other close family member being able to unlock your device without your authorization.
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Can someone who looks like you unlock your iPhone?

Helpful answers. It is possible that Face ID might unlock the device for you and your sister if two of you have similar look. Face ID constantly learns how to recognise you. It's doing this each time you are prompt for passcode and correct passcode is entered to unlock the device.
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Can you use Face ID on someone sleeping?

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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Can Face ID recognize two faces?

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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Can twins Open Face ID?

Obviously, the answer is, yes! Identical twins can fool iPhone's Face ID! So if you are lucky to have an identical twin, then you have to be careful.
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Can Face ID work with eyes closed?

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 open someone's iPhone with a picture?

I have tested this extensively, using a selfie I took from both android and iOS devises, more specifically an iPhone 11 and a galaxy s7. Both managed to unlock my phone with the first attempt made, just by holding the other phone displaying the selfie picture in full size, a few inches opposite my iPhone 12.
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Can you cheat face recognition?

According to John Spencer, CEO of biometric identity firm Veridium, you don't need sophisticated softwares to spoof a facial recognition system. Printing a photo of someone's face and cutting out the eyes to use the photo as a mask is one of the easiest ways to create a fake picture.
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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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Can you unlock an iPhone 11 with a picture?

The iPhone facial recognition is not secure when you can unlock it with a picture of yourself.
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Is Face ID more secure than Touch ID?

Thus, statistically and otherwise, Face ID is much more secure than Touch ID.
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Does iPhone Face ID work with glasses?

You can add up to four pairs of glasses with Face ID. Open the Settings app, then tap Face ID & Passcode. Scroll down and tap Add Glasses. Tap Continue when prompted, then follow the onscreen instructions.
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Can iPhone 13 glass break?

It's very hard to break but it still can be scratched, so a screen protector is worth considering for those that want to further guarantee the protection of their new iPhone 13.
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Do twins babies know each other?

It is likely that twins' awareness of one another starts sooner than seven or eight months of age. An article by the late doctor, T. Berry Brazelton, observed that at age three to four months, an infant identical female twin seemed disoriented when her sister was removed from the room.
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Does iPhone 12 have two Face ID?

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.
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Will iPhone 13 have Touch ID?

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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How many Face ID can I set?

Apple doesn't prevent the owner from adding an entirely different face, but it does place a limit of only one alternate appearance/person. This is meant as a security feature since adding several faces would reduce the accuracy and security of the system.
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