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by bkircher 2119 days ago
I can't change my face. I can change all my passwords, though. Also, I don't own an iPhone.
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You don't need to change your face.

Your face is only authenticating you to your device because that's what you chose. If you don't want that (e.g. your identical twin sister loves pranking you) you can just use a different authenticator. The remote web site deliberately has no idea your face was involved, it just knows your identity was verified on its behalf by the hardware storing your private key.

This is why I don't like bio-metrics...

I can have a near infinite number of passwords, but I only have 1 face, or 10 fingers. When all of my fingerprints are compromised, and the system only allows fingerprint login, now what do I do ?