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Apple: Face ID updates its functionality
Face ID is one of the many security mechanisms that protect Apple devices, mainly the iPhone. However, with the arrival of the pandemic it began to be a problem.
Users were unable to fully use biometric face authentication due to wearing face masks. Therefore, the popular "manzanita" company started a plan for it.
What is FaceID? A distinctive Apple premise
Apple is also known as the "house of ideas and innovation". It is not for nothing that it always remains in the first position in sales of its terminals.
It was the first company to revolutionize technology when it comes to cybersecurity. With the arrival of its iPhone X, it implemented the facial detection protocol with biometric qualities, Face ID.
The premise is to make a recognition of the features and characteristics of the human face, specifically the owner of the mobile. As a result, a complete security mechanism is established that will allow the internal content to be blocked and unblocked.
The announcement of Face ID arose in order to create a secure system destined to progressively replace Touch ID. The latter is the famous and widely used fingerprint detector for access to the dashboard of different devices.
Additionally, face detection is a feature enjoyed by the 2018 and 2020 iPad Pro models, respectively. Therefore, it is not considered a unique and distinctive property of the iPhone.
What are the limits associated with using Face ID?
Like everything, it is not totally perfect and since its launch it has been the subject of various studies. All of them demonstrated various limits and drawbacks that depress the functionality of the system.
Relationship
Executed tests and specific studies concluded that Face ID has problems with kinship. Those consanguineous people such as twins or brothers with a great resemblance, can circumvent the implemented security.
However, Apple clarified that, over time, Face ID was updated to shield the small details. In this way, it is ensured that it continues to be one hundred percent reliable.
Smart masks
In the past, there has been an uproar over hackers attempting to use sophisticated masks to weigh in on the defense of Face ID. There were many warnings from Internet portals that preceded the creation of a product with such characteristics and the problems it represented.
However, the digital tabloid Wired, was in charge of making a calm call to the public. He clarified that the authentication system would not suffer any repercussions due to the wave of rumors or supposed scenarios.
Wearing a face mask
The consolidation of the COVID-19 pandemic promoted a state that the current generation did not know. It led to the strengthening of strict hygiene measures, as well as biosecurity such as the wearing of face masks.
Given this, the facial authentication system suffered a malfunction that Apple and no one could anticipate. Users, with the mask on, were not able to effectively unlock their device.
As expected, Face ID identifies certain "key" points or features on the user's face. Being covered or incomplete by the shade of the mask, it is logical that access will be restricted.
A setback that represented a serious setback for the iPhone and for the company, especially with the rise of Smart Lock. A cybersecurity technology promulgated by Google and based on the comfort of people.
Even so, after going through a series of problems, two years later Apple found the solution. Its new operating system iOS version 15.4, will leave this tirade behind and will be upgraded to an extraordinary advantage.
Face ID ups the ante thanks to iOS 15.4
Apple managed to hit the nail on the head by managing to release a powerful update to its iOS 15.4 operating system. In essence, it will be a new ability for Face ID in order to solve its weakness against face masks.
The security protocol configuration now manifests a button for the option. It enables the use of the authentication system even when wearing the mask. At the same time, below it proposes a description to the reader.
"Face ID works best when it's set to recognize your entire face. To use Face ID when you're wearing a mask, iPhone will be able to authenticate you by recognizing the identifying features around your eyes. You'll need to look at the device to do this.".
For now, the update will only be available in the beta edition of the new operating system. Some insiders or youtubers have already tried it, commenting that it works perfectly.
It was also clarified that the use of Apple Watch will no longer be strictly necessary to weigh this inconvenience. With the new security patch, Face ID ups the ante to the next level.
Step by step for its configuration
Two years of uncertainty were too many for iPhone users. Although the contrast of the pandemic fostered an understandable situation, living with the Face ID deficit was not easy.
Fortunately for all, Apple renewed and improved its security protocols. Therefore, it only remains to know how to effectively configure this new alternative to the facial authentication system.
Firstly, the turning point will be the update of the operating system to the required one. When the procedure is complete and the device restarts, the mask face detection approval window will appear.
Otherwise, all you have to do is follow the path "Settings > Face ID and code". Subsequently, proceed to write the unlock key to access the next window. In the end, the option "Use Face ID with a mask" will be raised.
Finally, identity registration will be essential, which consists of the authentication of the face with the mask on. As already explained, it will use a methodology that will recognize specific features of the eyes, having to stare and avoid blinking.
For its part, the community in general has expressed the efficiency of the update. The unlocking of the device is carried out in a matter of 1 or 2 seconds and does not present imperfections in terms of delays.
