RIDICULOUS!!! Face ID should stop when iPhone screen solely lighting up!

You can press the power button to open the locked screen without actually having to use Face id and read what is on the locked screen. Then if you want to go to your home screen you can use face id.

This may be deemed off-topic and I may have to create a new thread for this post and I was actually thinking of that but then just came up with this thread and decided to post my question here. So I am considering buying an iPhone 16e and my father told me something that sounded quite plausible to me. So suppose you leave your phone somewhere that can be seen and reached easily, in a situation where you trust those around you. Then someone just grabs your phone, turns the volume all the way down to 0, disables VoiceOver by tripple-pressing the side button, holds the device up to your face, unlocks it and gets away. Even if he/she returns the phone and doesn't delete or modify any of your data so that you don't find out, he/she can always see and even copy everything to another device. You know, there's this option to transfer one's iPhone (i.e., all the settings, apps and data stored on it).

I'm not completely sure of the answer to your question, but I'll give it a crack.

If you're worried about the security of information stored on your phone, you can require Face ID for particular apps. To set it up, double-tap and hold on an app's icon on the Home screen.

I'd be very surprised if you aren't required to enter either the iPhone passcode or your Apple Account password when you're transferring your data to a new iPhone.

In addition, I don't think that literally everything on the iPhone transfers. You probably need to set up some accounts and services again on the new device, which would be impossible if someone doesn't know your passwords.

Finally, you can view a list of the devices signed into your Apple Account on the Apple website.

First, you can make it so FaceID requires attention to unlock, which means that you should be looking at your device with open eyes for it to unlock. And even if you don't turn that option on, I think it automatically gets enabled when VoiceOver gets turned off. Second, how likely is it for all that to happen? They'd have to know how to turn off VoiceOver, which means you explicitly told them how to, or they dedicated enough time to looking up accessibility shortcuts, assuming they know that such a feature exists without you telling them for some reason. They'd have to execute a bunch of steps flawlessly, and you'd have to have somehow lost track of your phone or not heard it being picked up. Which means you are somewhere loud, probably a public area, in which case you shouldn't leave your phone on a public surface. It should ideally be on you at all times when there's a chance of somebody taking it from you. Finally, if there’s something you desperately want others not to see, you can always hide the app or require a secondary Face ID check when the app is opened, or both. It is far easier for them to overhear your passcode, see you entering it while looking over your shoulder, do something they shouldn’t when you’ve given them access to your phone already, such as to look at something or whatever, etc. etc.

Hi Corsia,

There is a setting that controls how and when notification previews are displayed. The default is to only display notification previews when unlocked, but you can also set it to "Always," or "Never." Go to Settings> Notifications and then navigate to "Show Previews..." When set to "Always," notification previews *should* be shown on the Lock Screen, even if you haven't unlocked the device.

Hope this helps!

While I personally believe TouchID is far more secure than FaceID, and I'm sure others will disagree with me, I have some advice that might make your life a touch easier.
1. Unlocking your device versus reviewing the lock screen. If you, for example, just want to check out a notification, just point the face of your phone slightly away from your actual face. For example, angle your phone away, and tap your side button. This will wake the phone up, but not allow FaceID to unlock it, since it will not be able to see your face. That way, you can then swipe left or right and listen to Notifications, etc.
2. Using biometrics on specific apps is plausible. I currently have an older model iPhone, an SE 2022. I have certain apps set up, so that you cannot even open them without TouchID. One of those apps is the Notes app. I have some very sensitive notes with information I would not ever want anyone else to be able to get ahold of. So, when I double tap on the Notes app on the home screen, it asked for TouchID. Further still, certain notes are password/biometric protected. So even though I have used my biometrics to open the application, I have to use it again on specific notes.

HTH.

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1. Face ID or Touch ID (biometric authentication) is supposed to provide an additional layer of protection, not a security vulnerability. If it is using Face ID only for certain apps rather than system-wide that is expected to be more secure, then this makes no sense. If you recommend setting certain apps to require Face ID not instead of but in addition to using Face ID to unlock the device as well, then this will mean two unlocked doors instead of one, but both doors will still be unlocked, so someone who has the keys to your house may get into your room more easily.
2. One does not have to transfer all the data; one can only view and copy what one needs, without having to enter the passcode.
3. Setting Face ID to require attention is yet another issue. I've never used Face ID myself, as I have an iPhone SE 2022 (AKA 3rd Gen) that has a tactile home button and fingerprint recognizer. According to what I read on AppleVis, though, blind users are advised to disable the attention setting, as they may not be able to look at the front camera.
4. As for those trying to access your device and data having to know how to disable VoiceOver or your passcode, neither is necessarily needed. Plus, relatives, close friends etc. are more likely to know at least either one or perhaps even both. Besides, you don't have to leave your devices in a noisy public environment. Support you just leave it in a bag, jacket pocket etc. in a room and leave the room, hoping no one touches your belongings.

You have to be present in the same room for Face ID to work. If you're not present in the same room, there's no face for it to scan. Attention is not necessarily impossible, even for totally blind users. I'm totally blind and I use attention all the time. As per setting it so specific apps require Face ID, it's redundancy. They need to hold the phone up in front of your face twice for it to work. They can't just do it once and be done with it. Maybe they succeed the first time but fail the second time. Finally, it's a case of situational awareness. How easy is it really for someone to grab your phone from a bag or whatever, hold it in front of you for like five seconds, hold it again for another five seconds. Maybe fiddle with the volume and side buttons and go tap, tap, tapping on the screen without you noticing. There has to be some part of your brain that's like... "Hold up, what's going on here?"