You are not required to enable these features. Neither will be turned on when you start using your device. The data associated with them are stored locally on the device, so there¡¯s no way to have that exist before you power it on.
That said, I highly recommend using Face ID because it¡¯s more efficient and secure most of the time. Again, no clouds involved here.
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On Apr 15, 2025, at 13:39, Steve Bee <buytcfhe@...> wrote:
We have a couple of old iPhones. I am going to get one iPhone 16e (probably). My question is;
are face recognition & artificial "intelligence" optional? Can they be turned off?
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Please, let us not get into a long back and forth about why or why not one should use these services.
Let us first hear from some people who might know the answer to the my actual question.
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Steve
PS. Sorry but, I am finally that cranky old man ...