Apple should add a feature to lock out the phone if you close your eyes during Face ID.
Or use the GPS to disable face ID near customs checkpoints and police stations.
The phones wont unlock if your eyes are closed. So that's kinda already a feature. Of course a full "lock out because this is my distress signal" feature would be nifty, but imagine you blink in the middle of unlocking your phone on a regular day and find yourself very locked out. That'd be very annoying.
The blink issue could be avoided by having it wait a second or so to see if your eyes stay closed.
Holding the power + volume for couple seconds till it’s double vibrates will also turn off FaceID.
a little tape on the camera would do just as well, wouldn't it?
Just hold your thumb over the lens.
The infrared emitters can "see" through the non-bone parts of a thumb, I think, but it would be hard to capture a valid face scan.
There’s an app on my phone (IHG ... hotel chain) that logs me out frequently and then repeatedly tries FaceID to log me back in. Except, I have to re-enter my password. Covering the notch with my thumb is the only thing that breaks the cycle and allows me to type my password in.
>The infrared emitters can "see" through the non-bone parts of a thumb, I think, but it would be hard to capture a valid face scan.
Wouldn't we just use IR instead of X-Rays then?
Uh, no. Sorry. The IR cannot be transmitted with any fidelity through a thumb. The only way this would work is if you actually weren't covering the camera and IR emitters with your thumb (which is entirely possible because most people don't know where the IR emitters are in the notch)