How Apple's iPhone X is using the old 'happy Mac' icon to make Face ID less creepy

Get the Full StoryFollowing Apple's big day on Tuesday, some people seem to be pretty damn skeptical about the iPhone X and its next-level intrusive biometric Face ID system.

From concerns about the police being able to arrest you and simply point the smartphone at your face to get your data, to the notion that thieves might use brutal measures to get you to point your face at the device's True Depth Camera system, some people are worried.

But despite Apple's wistfully optimistic presentation, there's strong evidence that the company knows exactly how creepy this all looks. That awareness is best embodied in the return of the warm and fuzzy icon of Apple's past known as the "happy Mac," which now appears, in a slightly modified form, in Face ID. Read more...More about Iphone, Design, Iphone X, Face, and Happy Mac

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