It is possible that the article was not credible. I was able to find reports of only two instances from 2017 of this being reported.
The first did not come with verification. The second, below, did come with videos but it was extremely difficult to tell if the phone was the same model or even if FaceID was triggered due to the hard cuts and camera angles. A second video purported to show it switched off by a mask, but the action happens so quickly it's difficult to make out what exactly happened.
I'll allow that I possibly fell for clickbait hysteria. If so, it does seem convenient for news to prepend a headline like "iPhone X Racist?" and then proceed with a racist trope to allow you to feel like it's not racist. I'll try to be more careful in the future.
The first did not come with verification. The second, below, did come with videos but it was extremely difficult to tell if the phone was the same model or even if FaceID was triggered due to the hard cuts and camera angles. A second video purported to show it switched off by a mask, but the action happens so quickly it's difficult to make out what exactly happened.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5201881/The-...
I'll allow that I possibly fell for clickbait hysteria. If so, it does seem convenient for news to prepend a headline like "iPhone X Racist?" and then proceed with a racist trope to allow you to feel like it's not racist. I'll try to be more careful in the future.