You may have never thought about it, and there is no device with this technology, however, it would be much more secure than Touch ID, so today we are going to see the reasons why we believe that Apple has not implemented it, and if we could see a Mac like that.
In the same way, we will see the difference, security levelsbetween Touch ID and Face ID, since if we talk about speed, they may be similar, however, Apple did not replace them in the iPhone only to expand the size of its screen and eliminate edges, but also for security.
Mac with Face ID, is it possible?
Although at the level of possibilities, it is more than feasible, since we have more space for hardware than on an iPhone, Apple believes that it is not necessary, since sometimes, due to the movement of the cover and its position, it may not recognize us well, which would lead to a bad unlocking of the computer, and criticism from customers, something that does not happen with Touch ID, since we only have to put our finger.
This does not happen on the iPhone because we always have it in a much more natural position, facing our eyes, however, sometimes, to turn on the Mac, we do it on our side, standing, or even lying in bed with our “camera” focusing on the wall or another side.
Tests have been carried out and its performance, although it is safer, is low, since it would not be comfortable and would cause many errors. Of course, as we say, it is more difficult to deceive, since the fingerprint can be used even from a deceased person, something that Face ID does not allow, as well as at the level of family members, where there are fingerprint patterns that could unlock devices that are not ours. .
- Face ID: Apple says that the probability that an unauthorized person can unlock your device with Face ID is 1 in 1,000,000 (1 failure per million), as long as you don’t have an identical twin or a very similar appearance.
- Touch ID: According to Apple, the probability of an unauthorized unlock with Touch ID is 1 in 50,000 (20 failures per million). This makes it less secure than Face ID in terms of biometric errors.
Therefore, although yes it’s saferand it would be easy to implement, It does not have a comfortable designand most of the time we would get an error when unlocking, also due to a much larger screen than that of an iPhone, forcing us to look at the camera, and not being something natural and not forced.
And you, what do you think about this? Would you like to see a Mac with Face ID, or do you think that at the fingerprint level it is more than enough? The truth is that Touch ID is very fast, and for my part it works very well, so I don’t see any other method being necessary, however, it would be curious to unlock a computer just by looking at it and for it to recognize us, something I’m sure of. that it will finally come, although not soon.
