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One in a million, when the system ensures you only get 5 attempts (or whatever the true number ends up being), seems plenty for me.

I'm already comfortable using Touch ID and that number is much lower.



>> I'm already comfortable using Touch ID and that number is much lower.

Source? I was under the impression that fingerprint recognition was more secure than facial recognition.


Apple says that Touch ID's false positive rate is about 1 in 50,000: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204587

This number was also mentioned during the presentation today when they were comparing the two.


It was stated in the keynote that the numbers are much better (an order of magnitude) for face versus fingerprint.


In the keynote they've said that for Touch ID the error ratio was significantly lower, 1:50,000 to be exact.


More secure than 2D facial recognition or 3D facial recognition?




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