The highly coveted iPhone X and it’s facial recognition function is in the news for not so reassuring stuff.
The idea of that security measure, of course, is to make sure nobody but you can unlock your phone. It’s all very science fiction, but it seems more and more like we’re living in the future, so it’s hardly surprising. But it seems the future isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
For while Apple have said their facial recognition software on the iPhone X is top-notch and that the chances of somebody else being able to unlock your phone is – literally – ‘one in a million’, a woman called Yan has already proved that’s clearly not the case.
Hailing from Nanjing in China, Yan got her hands on an iPhone X, only to discover that her co-worker could easily unlock it with her face, too. Even after a major rejig of the configuration settings.
According to a report from Shanghaiist, Yan called Apple’s hotline to report the problem in the hopes of finding a solution, but was told, essentially, that what she was describing was impossible.
At which point, Yan and her co-worker decided to go to their nearest Apple Store and deomstrate what was happening.
Having witnessed the issue firsthand, the staff allowed her to return the phone, explaining that something must have been wrong with the camera.
But guess what? Nothing was wrong with it. Yan bought a new phone the next day and once again her co-worker was able to unlock it.
Apple staff have told Yan she can bring the second phone in for a full refund if she’s not still not happy. Which she probably isn’t.
This would sure do cause raised eyebrows over the iPhone’s security guarantee. The smartphone really isn’t all that smart now, is it.
