The data used by the new Face ID facial recognition system on an iPhone X never leaves the device, Apple guarantees, as all the information is stored locally with not a single bit submitted to its own servers.
But while Apple itself does not look into facial data, the company allows developers to access and even collect part of it to enable features in their applications, according to a report by Reuters.
Apple insists that the data which developers can take off an iPhone X cannot be used to unlock the device, but instead it allows them to develop features based on facial expressions.
Collected data can help developers determine how often users blink, smile, or raise an eyebrow, and Apple says that the visual map of the face, which app makers get access to, does not allow authentication, as this, in tur… (read more)
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