<story><title>Interview: Apple’s Craig Federighi about Face ID</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/15/interview-apples-craig-federighi-answers-some-burning-questions-about-face-id/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wyc</author><text>&amp;gt; So, if you were in a case where the thief was asking to hand over your phone – you can just reach into your pocket, squeeze it, and it will disable Face ID. It will do the same thing on iPhone 8 to disable Touch ID.&lt;p&gt;I imagine that authorities will catch on pretty quickly: &amp;quot;keep your hands up and away from your pockets while we retrieve your device.&amp;quot; It would have to happen before any kind of duress.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mikeash</author><text>One scenario where it would be really useful is being pulled over in a car. Give your phone a quick squeeze before you even stop the car. It&amp;#x27;ll also be a more convenient way to disable the feature before going through customs.&lt;p&gt;The tech community&amp;#x27;s reaction to this stuff seems to boil down to &amp;quot;it does not solve every single problem therefore it is pointless.&amp;quot; Which is silly, although to be fair it seems to be the tech community&amp;#x27;s reaction to a lot of things.</text></comment>
<story><title>Interview: Apple’s Craig Federighi about Face ID</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/15/interview-apples-craig-federighi-answers-some-burning-questions-about-face-id/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>wyc</author><text>&amp;gt; So, if you were in a case where the thief was asking to hand over your phone – you can just reach into your pocket, squeeze it, and it will disable Face ID. It will do the same thing on iPhone 8 to disable Touch ID.&lt;p&gt;I imagine that authorities will catch on pretty quickly: &amp;quot;keep your hands up and away from your pockets while we retrieve your device.&amp;quot; It would have to happen before any kind of duress.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>IBM</author><text>No doubt the skeptics will continue to contort themselves into creating even more contrived scenarios.</text></comment>