
It works almost seamlessly and is so much more secure than rival systems without being a burden or getting in your way.
Well, that may soon change, as Apple has just been granted a patent for a Face ID-like system that can be implemented in a MacBook.
As I opined last month, this is long overdue.
Its basic idea is that a Mac could be equipped with a set of sensors that detect when you’re near your Mac and, like the dancing elves staring through my bedroom window at night, prevent it from going to sleep.
Where it gets interesting is where the patent mentions what happens if the sensors detect that a person is nearby: “If the [detected] object is a person, the device determines a position of the person relative to the computing device and executes a change of state in the computing device based on the position of the person relative to the computing device.”
Once you penetrate the dense patent-speak, it seems to us this is describing a system that could potentially log you in to your Mac if it recognizes your face.