I'll never use Apple's Face ID

The first batch of shiny new iPhone Xs is slated to ship on November 3, and shortly thereafter the lucky few around the country will excitedly tear into their white Apple-branded boxes. And while many of those early adopters will immediately set up Face ID, they may want to slow their roll just the teeniest of bits.

Since Apple unveiled the face-scanning technology earlier this month, privacy advocates and security researchers have expressed concerns about both the tool itself and what happens to the data it gathers. In response, the Cupertino-based company has assured everyone that the system is mostly secure and that it presents no real privacy concerns. Unfortunately, the arguments aren't all that convincing — at least not in the way Apple hoped. Instead, the tech giant has managed to scare me off Face ID for good. Read more...