Oh, I think it was his biking helmet. That would have changed his face enough to make it not work.
> On Sep 23, 2018, at 8:26 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you go back 5 years you can read the same sort of stories about the then > new Touch Id. > Fingerprint scanners of course have been around on various laptops, > electronic doors and so on for a lot longer, but it's also interesting that > until Apple came out with Touch Id they never worked very reliably. I > remember I once bought a fingerprint deadbolt for my front door and man was I > sometimes cursing when I was standing there in the cold trying to unlock my > door only to finally dig out the good old key and of course fingerprint > doorlocks have all but disappeared. > Yes, Touch Id on the iPhone especially the second generation Touch Id on the > 6S and up (5S and iPhone SE have first generation Touch Id) works well if it > does work, but as I said in my other message, it only works well if your > little fingers don't see a lot of manual labour. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Gordon > Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 4:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Another Great Face ID Failure Story, I Can't Get Enough of Them, > (Smile) > > This is one of the main reasons I went with the 8 instead of the newer > phones. I was almost sold on the stereo recording, but we know how that > went. So I'll be able to hang on to my finger print iPhone 8 for a > couple of years. By then maybe they will have advanced face ID since > they are forcing face ID on us. > > > On 9/23/2018 6:05 PM, M. Taylor wrote: >> Hello Everyone, >> >> As you may know, I am not yet sold on the reliability of Face ID. >> >> A sighted friend of mine, a big, big big fan of Face ID is always telling me >> how much he loves Face ID and how well it works for him; to which I always >> reply, "Good for you." >> >> Well, he recently purchased the 10 S Max along with a new garage door opener >> which is supposed to be activated via Face ID, when he approaches his home. >> >> >> Last night, he called me at approximately 11:30pm. Since it was so late, I >> feared that he had some kind of family emergency but no; he called >> complaining that he could not get into his garage using his iPhone because >> Face ID would not recognize him in the dark, in his motorcycle helmet as his >> bike approached. He said, to his dismay, even when he took his helmet off, >> the phone would not recognize him in the dark. >> >> I could not stop laughing. I don't know why he called me as we have not >> spoken in quite some time but I suspect that he just wanted to vent to >> someone who would care either one way or the other. >> >> What made me laugh even harder was the fact that he had been so confident in >> Face ID on the new phone that he decided not to purchase a remote control >> for the garage door system. >> >> He was so angry at Face ID and the phone that he could not let it go. >> (smile) >> >> He sent me a text, today, telling me that he purchased a remote control for >> the opener. >> >> Just another great Face ID failure story, I can't get enough of them, (Big >> Smile). >> >> Mark >> >> > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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