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Face unlock is a gimmicky BS feature. It used to be fooled even by an image, and it can fail easily in low light or such.

But the most important thing is that it's a BS procedure, to have to look into the camera and get it to capture your face. Not the natural way to hold the phone when casually unlocking it (I, for example, as lots of people, do it casually at an angle to my face).

Putting your finger on the home button, on the other hand, is something you have to do anyway to open it, and you can even do it while the phone's getting out of your pocket.

Don't Android manufactures/users defending this see these OBVIOUS flaws?




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