• TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    FaceID information is stored locally. You have to remember that FaceID isn’t just a picture - it’s a 3D depth scan using LIDAR. If every phone transmitted that information to Apple whenever phones were unlocked it would consume an absurd amount of data and thus money.