Comment by latexr

> Whether it actually meaningfully increases the difficulty of a forgery remains to be seen.

Then maybe let’s save those criticisms until this is in the hands of knowledgeable people who can actually test? I mean, I’m no fan of the direction Apple has gone under Tim Cook, but all else being equal I’m inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt that they may have thought this through over the time it took to build more than a random person speculating on HN who just read a blog post for the first time.

> (…) we see no details here about what scene information is used.

And you assume that everything in a post is the sum total of how it works?

> It increases the potential value of a forgery

By that token, should we also not be adding forgery deterrents to ID cards and bills? After all, if you can fake the preventive measures, “it increases the potential value of a forgery”.