[jeffbr13]

This maybe takes “identifying as an Apple user” a bridge too far!

And really, who’s going to know (how) to do that, especially in an emergency? It also relies on either your phone or watch surviving an accident intact. It’s your life, but it’s just going to frustrate identification attempts when it’s important.

A wallet doesn’t have to be bulky a to hold a couple of cards or a few slips of paper. I have a cardholder which is much more minimal and compact than a standard wallet, and even Apple makes cardholders that attach to the back of MagSafe phones now.

[PurpleFoxy]

I would hope that in this situation, a persons first response would be to call for professional help. And the medical professionals would know how to access it (it shows a button labeled “emergency” on the home screen if it scans a face not of the owner).

When my phone was lost once, it was dropped off at the police station and they opened the emergency access screen to call someone to get the phone returned. So it’s not completely unknown.

[wrboyce]

Who is going to know about a default-on user-facing feature in one of the most popular mobile operating systems in the world? Did you really just ask that?