It sees you when you're sleeping, don't care if you're awake - Pixel 4 face unlock unlocks your phone regardless if the user is alert or alive

[Mooshi]

I read the title to the tune of Santa Clause is coming to town.

[CiBi]

On 10/19/2019 at 4:17 AM, NumLock21 said:

I assume it just scans your entire face and there is no iris scanning so it will unlock even with eyes close. Can someone test with their iPhones that uses FaceID.

Hey I tested this out this weekend (or had my gf test it out rather)

 

Wont ever ever ever unlock with my eyes closed.

Also doesn't unlock when my eyes are open and my face is in front of the phone and centered but i'm not looking directly at the phone. I actually see it unlock the moment I turn my sight to the phone.

 

Works pretty darn good, still unlocks in the dark, when i'm wearing a hoodie, when my face is partially covered because i am smoking and have my hand in front of my face,... Sunglasses make it not want to unlock though.

[Guest]

We can argue all day about whether biometric tech is good or bad or whatever, but my question is why didn't Google give us choice? Give the customers options in case they prefer one over the other? Like have iris scanning, face unlock, fingerprint and PIN/password...many different ways so customers can choose? Their newest phone seems to me to be forcing customers to use certain tech, kinda like removing the headphone jack. We're slowly being backed into a corner and our options are becoming fewer with each generation.

[Guest]

On 10/19/2019 at 1:30 AM, Brooksie359 said:

I don't even get this whole arms race of biometrics. I just use a pin and it seems to work fine. Also why in the world is everyone so freaked out about the security of their phone? I can't think of a single thing on my phone that I would be worried about if someone got ahold of it. 

I have mobile banking, plus all my contact information. I would be more concerned if it was a corporate phone, where this would be a greater concern