MTA Seeks Apple’s Help to Solve iPhone Mask Issues

MTA Seeks Apple’s Help to Solve iPhone Mask Issues
A subway team member and a passenger in the train both are wearing protective face mask in Manhattan, New York on May 4, 2020. Chung I Ho/The Epoch Times
The Associated Press
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NEW YORK—New York’s mass transit agency wants Apple to come up with a better way for iPhone users to unlock their phones without taking off their masks, as it seeks to guard against the spread of the coronavirus in buses and subways.

In a letter to CEO Tim Cook obtained by The Associated Press, Metropolitan Transportation Authority Chairman Patrick Foye said riders have been seen removing their masks to unlock their phones using face-recognition technology, despite a recent update by Apple that simplifies the process for people wearing masks.