iPhone X 'Face ID Security' Guide, Details: Apple Explains Why Facial Recognition Feature Doesn't Work Well With Kids

By Vianne Ilagan, Christian Post Contributor Sunday, October 01, 2017

As Apple's new flagship phone, the iPhone X, becomes available for pre-order this month, more details about its specs and features continue to surface online. Ahead of its release, the technology giant dropped a detailed paper titled "Face ID Security" recently that explained how one of the iPhone X's best features work.

One of the most highly anticipated features of the iPhone X is its Face ID, a facial recognition system that bolsters up the security of the handset. In the paper recently released by Apple, it detailed how this system works and how reliable it is as a biometric security.

In the outset of the paper, Apple explained: "Face ID confirms attention by detecting the direction of your gaze, then uses neural networks for matching and anti-spoofing so you can unlock your phone with a glance. Face ID automatically adapts to changes in your appearance, and carefully safeguards the privacy and security of your biometric data."

Apple also enumerated the several cases when the passcode of the user still needs to be used aside from the Face ID. It likewise detailed how the Face ID resembled the Touch ID and fingerprint recognition when it comes to dealing with several failed attempts at unlocking the handset.

The technology giant also shared an interesting detail on how the iPhone X unlock feature works with kids. According to the company's paper, the Face ID feature has a problem when used on people under 13 years of age. This is because the system finds it difficult to tell people who fall under this age criteria apart since "their distinct facial features may not have fully developed" yet. Apple thus recommended not using the Face ID if the phone's owner is below 13 because of the high probability of a false match. The facial recognition system also has issues with twins and siblings, so Apple advised using a passcode instead of Face ID in these situations.

People can pre-order the iPhone X starting Oct. 27.