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Any phone but iPhone X, according to this Sprint salesman

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The biggest gripe in that article is FaceID rarely working. I’ve used it heavily with 99% success. Even with sunglasses on. Maybe reset your facial capture? I did that with TouchID and immensely improved unlock rate.

Money quote: “lifting your arm up for FaceID to work is a pain in the ass” - According to Sprint retail employee. CNET was desperate for an article.

  I’ve used it heavily with 99% success.

Not to defend Cnet, but: isn't the important statistic the false positive rate?

In other words, "recognizing me 99% of the time" isn't nearly as important as "recognizing when it's not me 100% of the time"... and there are already known spoofs out in the wild where it won't successfully recognized unauthorized access attempts.

False negative is important to usability, false positive is important to security; both are important.

Another website that obnoxiously interrupts my music to autoplay a video ad. Last time I open a link from “cnet.com”

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