I have ‘proof’ iPhones take photos of your face every five seconds…it’s not a conspiracy theory
A WOMAN claims she has “proof” that iPhones take photos of your face every five seconds – and it’s not a conspiracy theory.
Taking to TikTok the user said she found out the truth because of an infrared camera.
She said the face ID option on the device snaps a pic millions of times a day.
In the video she said: “We just discovered that your iPhone specifically takes an infrared picture of you with your face ID every five-ish seconds.
“We looked at it through an infrared camera and it’s pretty wild.”
A group of pals then revealed their experiment where they pointed the camera at a man holding an iPhone.
The infrared lens appears to pick up flashes every few seconds – which the woman claims is the phone taking photos.
However, tech expert Mitch stitched the video to explain to his thousands of followers what’s really happening.
He said: “Relax. This is actually Apple’s camera technology called true depth camera.
“This uses 30,000 invisible little dots to create a map of your face so that your phone can detect when you’re active on it.
“So it can do things like dim your screen or shut it off when you aren’t looking at it.
“And you can totally shut this feature off.
“It’s under face ID and passcode. You just switch off ‘attention aware features’.
“The face ID data is native to the device only.
“It’s not saved up in the cloud. Hope that helps.”
It comes after a woman carried out the same experiment.
She suggested the invisible infrared light meant you can see what you normally couldn’t with just the human eye.
She told her 173,000 followers: “Apparently your iPhones takes an infrared picture of you every five seconds.”
Apple recently revealed a clever settings trick that can save you from extremely dangerous cyberattacks.
And people are only just realising that their iPhone has a “secret menu” that unlocks hidden features.