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Is The iPhone X Racist?
Capitol Zero ^ | 12-18-2017

Posted on 12/18/2017 6:55:37 AM PST by blam

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To: DadOfFive

LOL — A bunch of cuties. But, beyond that characteristic, they don’t look the same.


21 posted on 12/18/2017 10:35:58 AM PST by House Atreides (BOYCOTT the NFL, its products and players 100% - PERMANENTLY)
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To: DadOfFive

Don’t know if they all rook same ...

But none of ‘em are guilty.


22 posted on 12/18/2017 10:40:11 AM PST by NorthMountain (... the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
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To: ctdonath2
Key point here is it’s ONE particular pair of people who happen to look similar enough (to the device) that one can open the other’s phone. This is NOT a case of total security failure (as some will construe it).

Like one in a million. And that one just happens to be near you!

When I was a teen, my 1956 Chevy key just happened to unlock the doors on one out of four of my friends' Chevys, and vice versa. Not just that year, but several years around that manufacture. Chevy had a rap for cars being stolen and joy-rided. This thing with that Chinese woman's phone is a minor inconvenience, like you say she can use a numeric to unlock it. I often use a numeric when my finger won't quickly open my iPhone; not a problem.

23 posted on 12/18/2017 11:30:13 AM PST by roadcat
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To: blam

Hey, a Chinese woman doesn’t need a smartphone.

Chinese university sparks controversy over class teaching women to ‘shut up’
Asian Correspondent | Dec. 18, 2017 | Asian Correspondent Staff
Posted on 12/17/2017 4:56:03 PM PST by Eddie01
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3614563/posts


24 posted on 12/18/2017 11:56:37 AM PST by SunkenCiv (www.tapatalk.com/groups/godsgravesglyphs/, forum.darwincentral.org, www.gopbriefingroom.com)
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To: roadcat

Apple admits “It continues to be 1 in a million probability of a random person unlocking your iPhone with Face ID.”
We’ve found one such case. ...out of probably 10,000,000+ devices.
And, small wonder, their match likely involves geographic proximity of genetics.
OK.
So what’s the consternation?


25 posted on 12/18/2017 12:08:58 PM PST by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: blam

I would like to see the two ladies - side-by-side as the iPhone X sees them - from the poor quality photos in the story, they appear to have some VERY similar primary facial features including forehead size and shape, eyebrow ridge that is nearly identical, cheekbones that are quite similar, and overall similar face shape - which are the metrics the iPhone X uses.


26 posted on 12/19/2017 9:18:35 AM PST by TheBattman (Voting for lesser evils still gets you evil...)
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To: blam

Can you set the phone to not use the facial recognition.
I don’t want a phone that locks.
I would never buy this Iphone x because of it.
Face or fingerprint lock out.


27 posted on 12/19/2017 9:24:15 AM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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