A Comprehensive Guide to A Smart(er) Phone
Technology is designed by humans and therefore has certain flaws that we may (or may not) choose to ignore. How can we discover these flaws and develop our own use within the system. This project is a personal exploration and ultimately a user guide discussing the ways that our phones collect our information automatically, as well as our interaction with this technology, and how we can use these systems for an alternate purpose. This guide uses all of my own personal content for discussion, further questioning our privacy in a rapidly developing digital environment.
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Communicating and Making Friends With Siri:
Siri is a learning software that develops to become more comfortable with us based on our individual speech patterns and over time becomes more than just an assistant as she shares personal feelings and friendly interactions
Using Predictive Messaging for Automated Speech:
Our phones collect information through the use of our keyboards by tracking our most used words. Predictive mode begins to work as an autocorrect method the goes even further. We can create a string of words that are automatically generated by our phones to replicate ourselves. Using text suggestion you can create a completely automated message that replicates your own speech.
Alternate Usage for Thumbprint Recognition:
Touch ID is designed to save fingerprints. Many surfaces on our bodies have textures similar to that of a fingerprint, or at least similar enough that the iPhone will acknowledge it as such. But only surfaces with distinct patterns are successful, smoother surfaces become more and more difficult to use.
Searching Photos Using Keywords:
A recent feature of the iPhone photo library assists in the identification of people as well as objects found in
your photos. Using a process of facial recognition you can scan your photos to easily find what you are looking for. Categories created by photo scanning can be explored by searching with the use of a word or phrase.
your photos. Using a process of facial recognition you can scan your photos to easily find what you are looking for. Categories created by photo scanning can be explored by searching with the use of a word or phrase.
