Sources say Apple is working on a revamped iPad Pro for next year with Face ID, no Home button/Touch ID, slimmer bezels, custom GPUs and a new Apple Pencil.
If you’re about to donate or sell your MacBook Pro with Touch Bar, then you might want to take this extra step to clear your Mac’s sensitive Touch Bar data beforehand.
Apple is going all in on Face ID, says the revered Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Fingerprint scanners are boring now and security numbers of Face ID are far better than Touch ID’s.
Apple’s sub-display technology would read a user’s fingerprint by using an acoustic pulse and an array of ultrasonic piezoelectric transducers.
Apple’s iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus smartphones are rumored to feature a front-mounted Touch ID fingerprint sensor and the old-fashioned bezels.
iPhone 8 is no longer expected to come outfitted with a fingerprint sensor so this video might show one of the abandoned prototypes or an iPhone 7s.
If you’re in danger of robbery, afraid that the police might compel you to unlock your iPhone with a fingerprint or want to ensure your data is safe from the prying eyes if you’re about to fall unconscious, you can quickly and discreetly disable Touch ID from the Lock screen, here’s how.
A source says Apple doesn’t plan to roll out a fix for the iPhone 5s Secure Enclave’s exposed decryption key at this time.
Apple has implemented a new feature in iOS 11 that lets a user temporarily disable Touch ID and require a passcode to unlock the device. This could have great privacy applications.